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James Bedford explains how he organizes Obsidian and Claude to improve his work and thinking. He keeps AI-generated files separate from his main Obsidian vault to keep his knowledge clear and efficient. Using a special “Polaris” section helps Claude focus on his top goals and makes the tool more helpful.
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Tags is one of the most criminally underutilised ways of navigating through an Obsidian vault, in my humble opinion. I don’t see many people working in a similar way, and I think it is a shame. Firstly, you can nest tags. Looking at the left sidebar above, in the tag pane I have “parent” tags, these can be opened and sub-tags kept within them. Secondly, tags are very portable and keep with the “file over app” mentality. I have tried migrating my vault to other applications (Bear notes, as an example) and it works seamlessly. Thirdly, tags works well with Claude. I can get more specific by prompting “look for notes within the articles tag” and it will filter them.
Esto está interesante, porque yo no uso nada las tags y efectivamente es una forma nativa y ligera de proveer más contexto relevante a Claude. Podría experimentar un poco más con esto. Por ejemplo, la nota que se va a generar a partir de este comentario no es tanto una idea para el Zettelkasten como un TODO.
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Introduce a “polaris” type document/folder - this should include what is top of your mind, goals, aspirations, personal values. Claude will reference this often and these principles help guide it’s thinking.
Esto es algo que me falta incorporar en mi bóveda y que me hace mucho sentido, dado que lo que espero lograr es darle a Claude el contexto necesario para emular mi juicio y comprender mi contexto de manera holística. Una nota sobre mis prioridades vitales, principios, valores y/o perspectivas sería una adición bastante útil.