A vault you own
An Obsidian folder of plain notes on your own computer. The AI reads it for context and writes back what's worth keeping.
Obsidian is a free notes app. “Vault” is its word for a folder of notes.
A free starter kit · for your life, family, home and work
Give your AI a place to live, a memory of you, and a plan.
Most people use AI like a brilliant stranger: every chat starts from zero. This kit turns it into an assistant that knows your life, follows your rules, and gets a little better every week.
It's a folder of plain notes on your own computer, a friendly interview, and a step-by-step plan. No account, nothing to pay. Setup takes about an hour.
You're on a phone. Read and choose here. The setup itself happens on a computer; the phone is for reading and quick notes later.
Find your first step
Two quick choices. They're remembered on this device only.
1 · Your computer
2 · How would you like to use AI?
In a chat appClaude or ChatGPT, with nothing extra to install. The AI gives you text, and you paste it into your notes. Good on a work laptop.With a desktop AI appRecommendedIt works inside one folder you choose, and reads and writes your notes there directly. The smoothest way to use the kit.From the terminalIf you already use Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI or similar.Not sure? Go with the desktop AI app. Pick the chat app instead if you can't install apps on this computer (a work laptop, say) or want to try the kit before installing anything. You can switch any time without losing anything.
[x] Setup done ·
Welcome back
Start every session, in any AI tool, with this one sentence. Your plan remembers where you were.
Continue my harness plan.
A new version of the kit is out. Your vault has . Your notes are safe either way.
What's new, and how to update →Setting up another computer, or helping a friend?
Same two words, two different mornings
Morning briefing.
Happy to help! What's on your calendar today? And what are your priorities this week?
Every chat starts from zero, so you explain yourself again.
Morning briefing.
reading your notes: GOALS.md · PROJECTS.md · calendarHere's your day: today's calendar, your top 3, what's due, and one nudge from your goals.
It knows because you told it once, and it's written down in notes you can read and change.
Four pieces, all yours
The interview fills your notes with what matters. The plan turns that into small steps. Skills and prompts do the repeat work.
A friendly interview
Five short rounds where the AI gets to know your life, your work and your devices, then suggests where it can help most.
One question at a time. Skip or pause whenever you like.
A harness plan
A checklist the AI works through with you, one small verified step per session. You can stop, switch tools, and pick up later.
It's a plain note. Each step says when it counts as done and how to check.
Skills & prompts
Ready-made playbooks (briefings, reviews, planning, saving notes) and copy-paste prompts for everything else.
A skill is a written playbook the AI follows, like a recipe.
Small steps, at your pace
One hour to start. After that, short sessions whenever you feel like it. There's no deadline and nothing to keep up with.
- Day 1 · ≈ 1 hourSet upInstall Obsidian, give the kit's vault folder a home, connect an AI tool, say hello.
- Week 1 · 4 × ~20 minThe interviewRounds 1–4, one question at a time.
- Weeks 2–4 · short sessionsFirst winsThree things you'll actually use, picked from your answers.
- Month 2+ · optionalGrow itConnect calendar or email (read-only first), small scripts, schedules.
The one sentence to remember
Start any session, in any AI tool, with this. The plan remembers where you were.
Continue my harness plan.
Curious what it could help with? Browse the ideas menu: 103 ideas in 16 areas, from meal plans to school portals.
Before you download anything
- What does it cost?
- Nothing. There's no account, no sign-up and nothing to cancel later.
- Where do my notes go?
- Your notes stay on your computer. The AI reads the ones it needs for a task. You decide what goes in, and passwords and ID numbers never do.
- What am I downloading?
- A zip of about 110 KB, smaller than one photo. Inside: README.md · LICENSE · START-HERE.html · guide/ · vault/. Plain notes and web pages you can open and read first.
- What does “open source” mean here?
- Every file is public on GitHub, a website where projects like this are shared, so anyone can read and check it. The licence (CC BY 4.0) lets you share and adapt it, with credit.
- Does this website track me?
- No. No cookies, no analytics, and nothing loaded from anyone else's servers. Your choices here are saved in this browser only.
- Who made it?
- Designed and shared by Ophir Radnitz.