distilllisted

# Distill into a note A session ends and its reasoning goes with it unless something is written down. This writes it down, in the shape the trunk expects. ## What deserves a note Only what a future reader could not re-derive cheaply: - a defect and **how it was found**, not just the fix; - a decision, its alternatives, and why they lost; - a constraint that is not visible in the code. Not: what the repository already records, what only matters to this conversation, or a summary of work anyone could read from the diff. ## Shape One fact per file, in `~/.c-brain/trunk/<zone>/<slug>.md` where zone is `lessons` (cross-project), `projects/<name>`, `meta` (ways of working) or `life`. ```markdown --- name: <short-kebab-case-slug> description: <one line — this is what recall ranks on, so make it say the fact> metadata: type: reference --- <the fact, stated so it is useful without this conversation> Why: <what makes it non-obvious> How to apply: <the reflex it should produce next time> ``` Link related notes with `[[their-slug]]`. Link generously — a link to a note that does not exist yet marks something worth writing, not an error. ## Then - Add one line to `MEMORY.md`: `- [Title](path.md) — hook`. - **Check first whether a note already covers it** and update that one instead. Two notes on one subject is how a trunk starts lying. - Convert relative dates to absolute ones. "Last Tuesday" rots.