Digital Garden Workflow

This guide outlines the workflow for adding notes to this digital garden, ensuring a clear distinction between external inputs (Sources) and internal thoughts (Atomic Notes).

1. Capture (Source Notes)

When consuming content (books, courses, articles), create a Source Note.

1. Run: hugo new sources/my-book-title.md
2. This uses the archetypes/source.md template.
3. Fill in the metadata:
   • type: source (auto-filled)
   • author: Author Name
   • source_url: Link to content
   • status: processing
4. Dump your raw highlights and summaries into this note.

2. Process (Atomic Notes)

Refactor the Source Note into Atomic Notes.

1. Identify a single, distinct concept in your source notes.
2. Create a new note in the root content/ directory: hugo new my-concept.md.
3. Write the concept in your own words.
4. Link back to the source: *Source: [My Book Title](my-book-title)*.
5. Link the source to the concept: Update the Source Note’s “Atomic Notes” section with [My Concept](my-concept).

3. Link (The Web)

Connect the new Atomic Note to other existing notes.

• Ask: “How does this relate to what I already know?”
• Add [Wikilinks](wikilinks) within the text.
• Add the note to the Map of Content (content/_index.md) if it’s a major entry point.

4. Status

Update the status frontmatter as the note evolves:

• seeding: 🌱 Stub or rough draft.
• growing: 🌿 Developing idea, partially linked.
• evergreen: 🌳 Polished, well-linked, permanent reference.