Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
What This Skill Does
BrainRepo is a personal knowledge management system that stores notes as markdown files in a fixed local directory. It uses PARA (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archives) combined with Zettelkasten linking to organize captures automatically. Works with any editor that reads markdown, including Obsidian and VS Code.
Storing everything as plain markdown in a local Git repo means your knowledge is portable, version-controlled, and not locked into any proprietary app.
When to use it
- Capturing meeting notes and decisions during a busy workday
- Tracking active projects with deadlines alongside ongoing responsibilities
- Logging daily journal entries and processing them in an evening review
- Building a network of linked notes on a topic you're learning
- Maintaining a contact sheet of people with context about each relationship
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: 'Save this: Decided to switch the auth library to Lucia v3, faster session handling'
- 1Check that ~/Documents/brainrepo/ exists and is initialized
- 2Create a new file in Inbox/ with today's date as filename
- 3Write the note with minimal frontmatter including created date and relevant tags
- 4Confirm the file was saved and show the path
Inbox/2026-03-13-auth-decision.md created with the captured decision and tags [auth, decisions]