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Automation

Dream Synthesis Engine

Reads my notes and finds surprising links between unrelated ideas, then writes new idea notes back.

built Aug 2025 updated Sep 2026 A second brain the AI can read

how it works

Embeds Obsidian notes (Smart Connections or Voyage AI), finds distant-but-related pairs, prompts an LLM to 'dream' ideas, writes notes into the vault via a launchd job.

Automation: Something that runs on a schedule by itself.

The code for this one lives in a private repo. This page explains the idea so you can build your own.

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related

  • Obsidian vault as an iPhone<->agent message bus Technique When typing long messages into the AI from a phone breaks, write them in a notes app that syncs instead.
  • Loop engineering (Addy Osmani clipping) Note A saved article about making AI agents prompt themselves in loops instead of a human prompting them each turn.
  • Obsidian CLI workflow (two modes: URI vs direct file writes) Technique How to add notes to Obsidian from scripts and AI agents without opening the app.
  • Twice-daily automated life/work digest archive Technique Every morning and evening an AI writes James a summary of where his day went: what got built, what was tracked, what slipped.
  • AI/ML and technical skills pages Note A self-description of James's AI and engineering skills.
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