permanent/ — Atomic Concept Notes
One note = one atomic concept. This is the Zettelkasten backbone.
Filename
concept-slug.md — lowercase, hyphens, no dates, no version numbers.
Required Frontmatter
---
title: "Concept Name"
aliases: ["alt name", "abbreviation"]
tags: [domain, subdomain]
created: YYYY-MM-DD
updated: YYYY-MM-DD
---To archive a duplicate: add archived: true. Never delete.
Required Sections
- Body — 1–3 paragraphs, own words, explain to a smart colleague
## Connections— wikilinks to related permanent notes## Sources— wikilinks to literature notes that informed this
Enforcement Checklist (before creating a new note)
- Check
index.md— does this concept already exist under a different name? - Is this truly ONE atomic concept, or should it be split?
- Owner explicitly triggered INGEST/QUERY→file for this concept?
- No copy-paste from source — all paraphrased?
Common Violations (DO NOT)
- Two overlapping notes for the same concept — merge, archive the duplicate
archived: truenote still receiving backlinks from active notes — redirect backlinks first- Creating this note from a background agent research output without owner confirmation