BOB v2.8.0 released: a depth release

v2.8.0 shipped on 11 October. It is a depth release: the library got a full review, and the way you get skills into your vault is now more flexible.

The Starter Vault stores only the 14 skills that operate the vault. Every other skill, about 400 in all, plus the playbooks and value chains, is available through the skills MCP server: your agent searches the library, loads the one skill it needs, and nothing has to be unzipped. If you prefer offline files, the Core Pack (over 200 skills) and the department packs install by unzipping. You can mix both.

context-pack is what keeps this portable. A skill asks for a key such as company.clients instead of naming a folder, and context-pack answers with the real folder in your workspace. A workspace can override its layout in one context.yaml, or write extends: default and declare only what differs.

Data models. One new schema and several extended ones.

Playbook diagrams. 51 new sequence diagrams, so every active playbook now has one.

Look and feel. A new Obsidian theme, and refreshed visuals in the video skills.

Manuals. The User Manual and the Getting Started Guide are regenerated at v2.8.0 from the corrected chapters.

Examples updated.

The packs.

Over 200 general skills in the Core Pack, plus nine department packs: Business, Engineering, Enterprise, Marketing, Media, Operations, PMBOK, Process and Sales. Every skill is now free, with no Pro gating: each department is one ZIP with all of its skills. Each ZIP bundles the helper skills it depends on, so it works on its own in a Starter vault.

One thing to know: skills that apply local legal or financial rules now say plainly when those rules have not been professionally reviewed, so treat their results as estimates.

Where to get it.

Starter Vault: Classroom, Starter Vault, Install & Setup, lesson "ThirdBrain BOB v2.8.0 dd 11-Oct 2026". The User Manual and Getting Started PDFs are attached to the same lesson.

Core Pack and how to connect the skills server: Classroom, Starter Vault, Getting every other skill.

Department packs: each has its own course, with the ZIP in the Download lesson.

Full Vault: Classroom, Full Vault.

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BOB v2.8.0 released: a depth release