The Starter Kit, explained: five notes, one working system
The planned Second Brain Sidekick Starter Kit is intended to help you begin with a small context practice instead of designing a complete vault from scratch. It is not finished yet. The waitlist is for one notification when it is ready, not access to a released product.
The five-note foundation
The kit is designed around five notes:
- Goals for what you are moving toward now.
- Constraints for the boundaries a useful answer must respect.
- Decisions for what you chose and why.
- People or audience for who the work must serve.
- Standards for the quality bar and preferences that change an answer.
These are the same five notes you can create yourself today. The value of a kit would be in making the starting structure easier to understand and use, not in hiding how it works.
The intended loop
You capture a relevant fact, update the note that owns it, hand a selected slice to an assistant, and record the decision or next action afterward. The notes stay inspectable. You decide what to share. The assistant does not become a permanent memory or an automatic decision-maker.
The kit is also intended to point toward privacy boundaries such as Give, Blur, Keep local, and Never share. It should not require handing over an entire vault.
What is not being promised
There is no promise here of a completion date, individual setup support, a particular price, or a guaranteed outcome. The final contents can change while the practical workflow is tested. You can use the free articles and build the basic system without waiting.
Check whether the planned kit fits you
| The planned kit is intended for you if… | It may not fit if… |
|---|---|
| you repeatedly explain the same goals, constraints, or past decisions to AI | you want an assistant to collect everything automatically |
| you are willing to maintain a few short source notes | you do not want to review or update source material |
| you want to choose what context leaves your notes | you expect to connect an entire vault without selection |
| you prefer a small manual workflow before adding automation | you need a custom integration or individual implementation support |
| you want a reusable starting structure | you already have a context workflow that reliably supports your decisions |
The distinction is important: the planned kit is a starting structure, not a managed service. It should reduce the blank-page problem while leaving the decisions, updates, and privacy boundary with you.
Preview the working record now
You do not need to wait to test the underlying behavior. Create this small record after your next AI consultation:
# Decision update
Question:
Context used:
- Goal:
- Constraint:
- Past decision:
Decision I made:
Reason:
Option rejected:
Review when:
Next action:If filling this record makes the next related conversation easier, a structured starter system may be useful. If it feels like overhead and you never consult it again, do not add more notes. The purpose is continuity, not compliance with a template.
What the planned kit includes—and does not
The exact final contents are still subject to change, but the boundary is clear.
Intended: a small note structure, examples, a selective handoff method, privacy prompts, and a review routine.
Not promised: automatic understanding, access to your whole vault, guaranteed advice, a permanent AI memory, individual consulting, a release date, or a specific price.
That boundary lets you evaluate the idea without assuming features that have not been announced.
If you want to begin now, follow the minimal Obsidian setup and the selective handoff sequence. If you only want to hear when the planned kit is ready, use the single CTA below.
Join the Starter Kit waitlist for one notification when the kit is ready.