The winner of March leaderboards is @Brook Slagle! But thank you to everyone who contributed in the Community. Brook is already a Premium member, so him and I will be having a one-on-one call for free to discuss how things are going in his PKM, solving and working our way through what sticking points we might come across. Remember the same is true for every month - leave comments on the posts, and make your own posts to gain points. Get started by leaving a comment here - if you were to access the upgrade to Premium, what would be the first thing you'd want to see in the Classroom? -- Theo

If you want to unlock everything in the Community Classroom page, there's a free trial for you to see what full access is like. Head to https://parazettel.com/upgrade for more information - when you use the discount code *NEWMEMBER* at checkout, it gives you 50% off your first month - I'll unlock the courses for you so you can give everything a proper test drive for less. You get... - The Premium-exclusive PARAZETTEL Course, to learn how to use the PARAZETTEL template in the most detail. I give examples from my workflows, and talk through some other theories - The new Claude Code x Obsidian Course, where I'm going deep into learning how to best tie AI into note-taking. It's emerging as a very exciting field, and is becoming more powerful very quickly - All other courses, including Minimal Note-Taking, PKM for Students, and Use Your Ideas, covering all bases in the world of taking notes for useful output Remember, check out https://parazettel.com/upgrade to learn more! -- Theo

After the workshop yesterday, I was wondering if you guys had any further thoughts about how Claude Code and the power of AI might be able to help you with your notes? If you've not seen the workshop recording yet, it's here - https://www.skool.com/parazettel-community-4498/classroom/ab032e36?md=2d43a0046f3d4a7a9745294654050595. We go through a couple of examples, including making note properties consistent, and creating summaries of a certain topic from vault-wide references. Let us know below what you've learned and how the new tool will help you! -- Theo P.S. If you've not got access, you can unlock it for $29/month here by starting a premium membership - just go to https://parazettel.com/community/plans

HONESTY FIRST: Claude code wrote MOST of this post. Okay, lets get into it..... 1. Claude.md - The Instruction Manual A markdown file at the root of my vault that Claude reads automatically every session. It teaches Claude: - My vault's folder structure and type system (movements, recipes, tools, people, etc.) - Frontmatter schema and naming conventions (kebab-case properties, daily note linking pattern, etc.) - How my Obsidian plugins work (Templater, Projects, Periodic Notes) - My rating system, tag format, file naming conventions - Business/client project structure and SOPs This is the foundation. Claude doesn't need to "figure out" my system each time — it already knows it. 2. Skills - Custom Behaviors - /end-session - Saves session state when I'm done. Creates a dated session archive and updates a persistent memory file. Two-tier system: working memory (kept under 100 lines) + append-only daily archives. - Training Coach - An always-loaded knowledge base of my training context: athlete profile, injury history, programming principles, supplement protocols, active progressions, and datestamped coaching insights. Grows over time as we (Claude and I) discuss training. - Obsidian Nexus (the name of my vault) - Knows how to create notes that follow my vault's exact conventions (correct folder, frontmatter, wikilinks, type classification). - Social to Typefully - Drafts and publishes social posts via MCP integration. (this deserves its own post — I practically made my own social media scheduler in Obsidian...) 3. Memory System - Continuity Across Sessions Claude Code doesn't remember past conversations by default. I solved this with a layered memory approach: - Persistent memory (claude-session-memory.md) - Active projects, recent decisions, action items, session context. Loaded every session. Capped at 100 lines to stay focused. - Session archives (claude-sessions/YYYY-MM-DD session.md) - Detailed logs of each session. Multiple sessions per day append to the same file. This is the long-term history. - Auto-memory (Claude Code's built-in) - A separate .claude/ directory that persists key patterns and lessons learned. - Active Context files - Top of Mind.md, Body.md, and the Training Coach file are always loaded, so Claude starts each session knowing my current priorities, physical profile, and training state.

Here's the Claude Code x Obsidian recording - https://www.skool.com/parazettel-community-4498/classroom/ab032e36?md=2d43a0046f3d4a7a9745294654050595 The bundle is going to turn into a full-fledged course as well, seeing as there's so much that I didn't cover in the workshop (even though I went for 110 minutes!) It's included in your community premium membership, so you can be sure you'll get the updates as well. The first ones I'll add is talking about the Obsidian MCP to make interacting with files easier, as well as showing you how I build my website with Obsidian, and how to build a skill to query my daily notes. Thank you to everyone who turned up this morning! It's the best workshop I've hosted so far. Looking forward to the Writing a Book in Obsidian one in a few weeks now! -- Theo