memex-best-practiceslisted

# Zettelkasten Best Practices A reference guide for writing high-quality memex cards that compound in value over time. Covers card format, naming conventions, tagging, linking strategy, and graph health maintenance. This is NOT a workflow skill (see `memex-recall`, `memex-retro`, `memex-organize` for those). This is a **quality standard** — consult it when writing or reviewing cards. ## Card Quality Checklist Before writing a card, verify: - [ ] **Atomic** — one insight per card. If you can split it, do. - [ ] **Own words** — distill and rephrase, don't copy-paste. This is the Feynman method: if you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. - [ ] **Non-obvious** — would this change how you approach a similar task in the future? If not, skip it. - [ ] **Linked in context** — `[[wikilinks]]` are embedded in sentences explaining *why* the relationship exists. ## Card Format ```markdown --- title: "Short Noun Phrase ≤60 chars" created: "YYYY-MM-DD" source: "<auto-filled by client>" tags: [domain-tag, type-tag] category: "<domain>" --- One atomic insight, written in your own words. This relates to [[other-card]] because <explanation of the relationship>. ``` ### Required Frontmatter | Field | Required | Format | |-----------|----------|---------------------------------| | `title` | ✅ | Noun phrase, ≤60 chars | | `created` | ✅ | ISO date `YYYY-MM-DD` | | `source` | ✅ | Auto-filled by