I’ve never been good at keeping notes. I’d jot something in Notes.app, forget about it, and never look at it again. No tags, no structure, no context. Just a graveyard of half-thoughts.

So I’m trying something different.

I set up project folders in Obsidian and taught my AI assistant to keep them updated. When we talk through a problem or make a decision, it logs the relevant bits to the right project. Tasks, links, notes — captured automatically.

Example of heartbeat instructions for project documentation sync
The heartbeat instructions that tell my AI to sync project notes.

The idea is simple: the more context my AI has, the better it can help me. And now that context builds itself instead of rotting in Notes.app.