Brain Synthesize — Development skill for Claude Code
Scan the second brain for unnamed patterns and recurring themes across notes, and write synthesis pages.
How to install Brain Synthesize
Installs to ~/.claude/commands/vuhai2002-second-brain-kit-brain-synthesize.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vuhai2002/second-brain-kit/HEAD/.claude/commands/brain-synthesize.md -o ~/.claude/commands/vuhai2002-second-brain-kit-brain-synthesize.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Brain Synthesize does
description: Scan the second brain for unnamed patterns and recurring themes across notes, and write synthesis pages. argument-hint: "[topic or scope]"
/brain-synthesize
Steps
- Resolve the vault; READ
index.md+ recent/relatedwiki/pages. Scope = domain folders only (ignoreosb-reference/,_skill/,.claude/,.git/). - Find patterns: concepts/themes that appear across 2+ unrelated notes - things the user has not explicitly named.
- For a genuinely NEW p
Alternatives in Development
- Brain Filing Rules — Brain Filing Rules -- MANDATORY for all skills that write to the brain 29.1k ★
- Om Weekly — Weekly synthesis — cross-session review of vault activity, North Star alignment, patterns, uncaptured wins, an 4.6k ★
- Synthesis — Write the synthesis under the ## Synthesis header 664 ★
Full documentation available on GitHub
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