Complete rewrite structured around three pillars:
1. The problem (architectural + methodological)
2. The method (ontology, capture/organize, convention over configuration)
3. The foundation (local files, Git, AI-native architecture)
Key improvement: the document now explains *why* tool and method together
is the differentiating insight — not just a list of features and principles.
Includes the three-stage product trajectory and updated design principles.
Current state section condensed; full roadmap moved to ROADMAP.md.
VISION.md:
- New section 'The two-phase knowledge workflow: capture and organize'
- Explains capture (fast, frictionless, everywhere) vs organize (deliberate,
periodic) as fundamentally different activities
- Defines Inbox: a smart filter showing notes with no outgoing relationships
- Inbox Zero as the goal; connecting a note removes it automatically
- Replaces 'All Notes' as the primary navigation section
ROADMAP.md:
- New strategic direction #4: Inbox and capture pipeline
- Covers inbox UI, capture integrations (Chrome ext, iPhone, Readwise, voice)
- Add 'Product trajectory' section: 3 stages from personal PKM → indie
knowledge workers → small teams, with rationale for why the same
foundational model (local files + Git) enables all three stages
- Note that the knowledge ontology (Projects/Responsibilities/Procedures/
Notes/People/Events) maps equally well to personal and organizational use
- Describe workspace feature as the seed for future team access control
- Update design principles: add convention over configuration, semantic
properties, filesystem as source of truth; expand AI-native principle
to include AI-readability via shared conventions