Thanks @David Vogel I'll definitely take a look at that. It sounds just what I need.

That's close to what I'm doing @Johnny L . Lol, it must frustrate the AI sometimes. Just about the time we have a lot of work done, I take a break to actually go back and re-read all the output. I'm definitely the bottleneck in the loop. Larger term, I've always been the kind to want to open the hood and kick the tires. If I can understand the structure of a system, I can then know how to make the changes I need to get the result I want. With AI at least, you can ask it things.

Thank you for the explanations @Aaron Klein right now I'm mostly focused on the basics of data, using folders and markdown files. I'm at least a year away from agents and by then, who knows what will change. I want to understand the underlying structures and processes before I dive in.

That does @Mira Bradshaw and it is much appreciated. I didn't understand the copies and the whole back and forth, but I'm not rabid about data and privacy. I can accept some leakage. But at 69, I'm old enough to remember when you couldn't take your cell phone number when you switched, and how the carriers had you locked in and paying what ever raise in rates they decided. I don't want to see the same thing with AI. But, I'm also using AI mostly as a research tool to write with. I don't need cutting edge frontier. Folders is the way I'm setting up my basic structure, so you may be correct that I'm envisioning more capacity than I'll actual ever need.

You are quite welcome @Loïc Mora this is a great community and I'm glad you found my small contribution useful. I'm an edge case with AI. Most of you are looking at agents and software. I'm a writer, and using AI for deep research, synthesis and as a sparring partner for my ideas. Because so much of the data I want stored and have access to, is text and longer articles and extracts, folder are a good system for me. I'm in the process of customizing it for my needs, but even the basic setup Jake's tutorials will show you, are a powerful tool. More than just the data side, our ICMs and such ways to store projects, repos and experience, is going to become the new resume for workers. If you don't put together a AI resume, which you can take with you and show to new employers, then every time you leave a job, you'll be starting back at square one. At square one wages too. Employers are going to want to see your past work, and you prove you can do the job, while at the same time, they won't want you showing any of what you did for them to others, lol.

You never know @Loïc Mora when some custom bit of AI or software you made for your own business, won't be something others might want too. AI is moving so fast and taking so many twists and turns, we can't guess where we'll be in 6 months, let alone 6 years. And it isn't just cool tech that ICM stores. Honestly, it's probably one of the lesser reasons. Every small change you make to the LLM you are working with, every personalization or 'rule' for outputs, everything the LLM has learned that together makes you and it ten times faster, better, more productive, is YOUR digital advantage. Your Aston Power's 'mojo'. A well set up ICM preserves your data in a method which allows any of the tools like an LLM, to access it and then benefit from all that past experience too. Try to make any workflow you build, 'tool neutral'. Make it so you can swap them when you need to. Often you don't need a Fable 5 to do the job, maybe an older version of GPT will do it. Why pay frontier token costs, when bargain works just as well? Learn to know the 'particular traits' of the different LLMs and tools you use. I find that GPT does better at the academic research, and Gemini does better with the casual evening brainstorming stuff. Others have found that reversed. Again, this is a great community @Loïc Mora . I have no doubt that you will find what you need to learn here.

@Nick McCashin here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPVaUuBkPz8 BTW, for future reference, click the video thumbnail, then when it opens here in Skool, go full screen with your browser and at the bottom right, you'll see a YT logo. That will open any video playing in a new tab at YT. That way you can save it to a playlist, or copy it. Welcome.

Welcome to the growing community @Pj Baumeister If you know how to run pipes and spot leaks, you'll have agent workflows down in no time.

There are more reasons for me @Adrian Chen but others will mention them I'm sure. The other big one, I'm using AI with my writing, as a research tool for an eventual book. Making some sense of all the data and the process of writing require a lot of organization or you're screwed, lol. I use a similar system offline, so I understand it's usefulness.