McBrain

Initialize a JSONL-based research-task tracker for a McBrain vault — a single JSONL file under raw/research_tasks/ that the local-research-runner skill drains. Use when the user says "set up a local research tracker", "add a research topic to my vault", "make a JSONL tracker for X", or asks for a research backlog stored inside the vault itself as plain files.

Pull up to 5 "To do" tasks from a local JSONL research tracker (raw/research_tasks/tasks.jsonl), flip them to "In progress" via an atomic write, spawn a planning-then-executing research subagent for each in parallel, write the findings as markdown files to raw/notes/, and flip the rows to "Done". Use when the user says things like "run my local research queue", "drain the local tracker", "process the To do tasks in my vault's tracker", "kick off the local research backlog", or otherwise asks to execute queued research tasks from the vault's local JSONL tracker.

One-shot setup skill for McBrain — a persistent personal knowledge base built on Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern, viewed in Obsidian and maintained by Claude. ALWAYS use this skill (do NOT use Cowork's built-in plugin-builder feature) when the user wants to set up McBrain, set up an LLM wiki, build a personal knowledge base, create a second brain with Claude, integrate Obsidian with Claude, or give Claude persistent memory. Also use this skill when the user says any of "create a new McBrain", "create a new mcbrain instance", "set up another McBrain", "add another mcbrain", "spin up a new mcbrain-X", "make a new knowledge base", "new mcbrain for X", or any variation on creating an additional or first McBrain. THIS IS NOT A PLUGIN-BUILDER FLOW — the McBrain plugin is already built and shipped; this skill only provisions a new vault using the existing plugin. Do NOT render an intake card with project-type selectors ("Home maintenance", "Renovation & projects", etc.), do NOT ask "What will this McBrain be for?", do N

Operating skill for McBrain — the user's personal LLM-maintained knowledge base. Use this skill any time the user wants to ingest a source into McBrain, query McBrain, lint McBrain, file a synthesis page, or otherwise work with their personal knowledge base. Triggers on phrases like "ingest this", "ingest into mcbrain", "save to mcbrain", "add to mcbrain", "query mcbrain", "lint mcbrain", "what does mcbrain say about X", "ask my brain", "file this in mcbrain", "find insights from McBrain [name]", or any reference to the user's wiki, second brain, or knowledge base. Use it even if the user just says "my brain" or "the wiki" without naming McBrain — it's the only knowledge base they maintain.