# README - Second Brain Templates
# What this is: starter files for your own AI operating system, sorted into the 5 layers.
# This README is a guide, not a template you fill in.

THE FOLDERS ARE THE 5 LAYERS
- 0-setup/         this guide, the installer, the weekly maintenance checklist, and the two audit prompts
- 1-constitution/  who your AI is: the always-loaded core
- 2-memory/        what your AI knows: sphere indexes and the bootstrap interview
- 3-skills/        what your AI does: reusable instructions, plus portable skills from a live system (verify7, context7, mail7, pic7)
- 4-tools/         what your AI is plugged into
- 5-focus/         what you do now: priorities and the weekly loop

IN A HURRY? THE ALL FILES
- ALL-AIOS.txt            every template and skill on this page in one long file. Load it once, let your AI sort it into its own layers.
- 1-constitution/ALL-CONSTITUTION.txt   all constitution sizes in one file.
- 3-skills/ALL-SKILLS.txt               every skill file in one file.
The individual files stay the source; the ALL files are bundles generated from them.

TWO WAYS TO START
1. Fastest: paste 0-setup/aios-install.md into your AI and say "read this and set me up." It builds the folders, fills the templates with you, and runs the setup interview.
2. By hand: copy 1-constitution/constitution-minimum.txt, replace every [SQUARE-BRACKET PROMPT], feed it to your AI as a context file. Working Constitution in 5 minutes.

THREE CONSTITUTION SIZES (match the course outcome levels)
- constitution-minimum.txt  Minimum: you understand it. One page, 3 rules, day-one useful.
- constitution-optimum.txt  Optimum: it runs your week. North star, NEVER list, focus, the weekly loop.
- constitution-expert.txt   Expert: you build on it. The multi-file version with an index on top.
Start small. Move up only when the current size feels crowded.

TWO AUDITS, MONTHLY
- system-audit-prompt.txt   the machinery: what loads and its token cost, skills used and unused, every tool tested live, security holes.
- content-audit-prompt.txt  the writing: one honest index per folder, constitution within budget, all 5 layers clean.
Paste one in, strongest model, maximum thinking, walk away for 30 to 50 minutes. Alternate them, one every two weeks.
The maintenance checklist is your 15-minute weekly hand; the audits are the deep monthly pass.

THE CHAR-BUDGET IDEA
Every auto-loaded file costs tokens on every session. Keep each file lean so the AI reads fast and stays focused. Each template header suggests a budget. Detail that does not fit goes into deeper files the AI opens only when needed, not into the always-loaded core.

These files are plain text on purpose. They work with any AI model and any editor, today's or the next one.
The persona in these templates (Sam Rivera, a freelance marketing consultant in Lisbon) is fictional. Delete it and make it yours.