Claude Mind Starter — a self-improving second brain for Obsidian + Claude
Most "second brain" templates give you folders and dashboards — structure you still have to maintain yourself. Claude Mind Starter is different: it ships with a working two-agent AI system that maintains and improves the vault for you.How it worksA Planner agent reads your tasks and writes briefs to a shared Handoff board — always including one "evolve-brief": internet research that upgrades the system itself.An Executor agent does the work (including web research), files results as linked notes, and reports back with a scorecard line.Every round is measured on a Round Scorecard; monthly, the Planner proposes ONE change based on the numbers, not vibes. Both agents keep Learnings files, so the instructions get better without bloating.What's in the boxSTART HERE.md — from download to your first agent round in about 10 minutes (the setup itself is 5 steps)CLAUDE.md — the full rulebook: size tripwires, PII rules, three-tier memory (episodic / semantic / procedural), review-before-landing so the system can't corrupt itself silentlyAgents/ — Planner, Executor, and the Handoff board with brief/report formatsTasks/ — TASKS, Open Loops, Someday skeletonsNotes/ — Owner Profile, Research Agenda (5 starter topics), Round ScorecardWorks fully local in your own Obsidian vault. Want it autonomous? Ask Claude to schedule a daily "run the agents" task and read the morning summary.This template is stripped from a live vault that runs this exact system on itself — and keeps evolving. Premium buyers get 12 months of those learnings shipped as updates.FAQ — What do I need? Just Obsidian (free) and a Claude plan that can access local folders (Cowork or Claude Code). No plugins, no API keys.
Get it → claudemind.gumroad.com