How to Turn This Seed Into Its Own Repository

Follow these steps to create the Knowtation repo as a separate project and continue development from there.

Step 1: Copy the seed to your chosen location

Pick a directory outside bornfree-hub (e.g. your home or a projects folder). Then copy this seed there and rename the folder to knowtation.

On your machine, in a terminal:

# Go to where you want the new repo to live (e.g. home or ~/projects)
cd ~
# Or:  cd ~/projects

# Copy the seed. Use the actual path to bornfree-hub on your machine.
cp -r /Users/aaronrenecarvajal/bornfree-hub/knowledger-seed ./knowtation

# Enter the new project
cd knowtation

You now have a folder knowtation/ with the full initial structure (CLI, SKILL.md, vault, config, docs).

Step 2: Initialize Git and make the first commit

cd ~/knowtation   # or your path

# Initialize a new Git repository
git init

# Stage all files
git add .

# First commit
git commit -m "Initial seed: CLI-first Knowtation with SKILL.md, vault, and docs"

Step 3: Create a remote repository (optional)

If you use GitHub, GitLab, or another host:

1. Create a new empty repository (e.g. knowtation, no README/license/gitignore).
2. Add it as the origin remote and push:

git remote add origin https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/knowtation.git
# Or:  git remote add origin [email protected]:YOUR_USERNAME/knowtation.git

git branch -M main
git push -u origin main

Use your actual repo URL and branch name if different.

Step 4: Open in Cursor and continue development

1. In Cursor: File → Open Folder…
2. Select the knowtation folder (e.g. ~/knowtation).
3. Use a new window so Knowtation is separate from bornfree-hub.

From here you can:

• Implement CLI subcommands (node cli/index.mjs search "query", etc.) and wire them to your vault and vector store.
• Add the indexer (vault → chunk → embed → Qdrant or sqlite-vec).
• Add transcription and capture pipelines.
• Integrate memory (e.g. Mem0 or SAME) and AIR (e.g. Null Lens) as in docs/STANDALONE-PLAN.md.
• Optionally add an MCP server that wraps the same backend.

Knowtation = know + notation — notation for what you know; your written knowledge base.

Step 5: Install CLI dependencies (when you implement the CLI)

cd ~/knowtation
npm install

Then run the CLI:

node cli/index.mjs --help
node cli/index.mjs search --help

When ready, you can link the CLI globally (npm link) so the knowtation command is available on your PATH.

Summary

You now have Knowtation as its own repository and can develop it independently.