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Brain Expert

  • 29 installs
  • 31 repo stars
  • Updated August 2, 2026
  • desplega-ai/ai-toolbox

Drives the `brain` CLI as a personal knowledge manager: capture timestamped notes, run semantic or full-text search, manage todos, and auto-sync a hierarchical Markdown second brain.

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brain-expert makes Claude an expert operator of the `brain` CLI, a personal knowledge-management tool that stores hierarchical Markdown notes in SQLite with semantic and full-text search. A solo builder reaches for it to capture timestamped notes, manage todos, and search a growing second brain without leaving the terminal.

  • Semantic + full-text (FTS5) search over your notes
  • Timestamped capture to daily Markdown files
  • SQLite storage with auto-sync cron
  • Built-in todo management

Brain Expert by the numbers

  • 29 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #1,871 of 3,282 Productivity & Planning skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 3, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
npx skills add https://github.com/desplega-ai/ai-toolbox --skill brain-expert

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Installs29
repo stars31
Last updatedAugust 2, 2026
Repositorydesplega-ai/ai-toolbox

What it does

Drives the `brain` CLI as a personal knowledge manager: capture timestamped notes, run semantic or full-text search, manage todos, and auto-sync a hierarchical Markdown second brain.

Who is it for?

Solo builders who want a terminal-native second brain

Skip if: Teams needing a shared cloud wiki

When should I use this skill?

Capturing notes or searching your knowledge base

What you get

A searchable, terminal-native second brain kept in sync automatically.

  • captured notes
  • searchable knowledge base

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