second-brain-write

1# Write from the vault
2 
3The research is already done, cited and connected. What is left is the argument,
4and that is the part the user should keep.
5 
6## Core rule
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8Assemble structure and evidence. Do not hand back finished prose as if it were
9theirs.
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11## Workflow
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131. **Find the relevant concept pages** and say what they collectively argue.
142. **Surface the disagreements.** These are where the user has something to say
15   that is not the consensus view, and they are the most useful part of the
16   outline.
173. **Build the outline** from pages, each point tied to the page behind it.
184. **Mark the weak points:** claims resting on one source, self-reported
19   figures, anything the vault flags as unverified.
205. **Draft only if asked,** and say plainly that the phrasing is a first pass to
21   be rewritten in their voice.
226. **Offer to ingest the finished piece** back as a source once published.
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24## Output format
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26```
27Angle: <what this piece argues that the sources do not individually>
28Outline:
29  1. <point> - [[page]], [[page]]
30Weak points: <claims with thin support>
31Missing: <what would strengthen it>
32```
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34## Calibration
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36If every point in the outline comes from one page, this is a summary of that
37page, not an article. Say so.
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39Never introduce a specific number or quote that has no source page behind it.
40That is the failure mode of writing with a model, and in a cited piece it is
41the one that costs the most.