basalt-cortex

Installation
SKILL.md

Basalt Cortex

Mine knowledge from multiple sources into Obsidian-compatible markdown files stored in ~/Documents/basalt-cortex/. Each file has structured YAML frontmatter. Files auto-sync to basaltcortex.com via the basalt-cortex CLI tray daemon.

Read references/basalt-format.md before any file operations.

Modes

Mode Trigger What it does
init "set up cortex", "cortex init" Create vault structure, state.json, example notes
mine "run the cortex", "mine emails", "mine slack" Extract from a source, write Basalt files
query "cortex search", "what do I know about" Search across Basalt files
stats "cortex stats" Count files, show vault totals
sync "cortex sync" Push to Frond API (future — see references/sync-patterns.md)

Init Mode

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First Seen
Mar 19, 2026