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Vibecoding Guide

Second Brain Guide

A second brain is a folder on your machine — a git repo — that holds everything Claude and other AI tools need to know about you, your projects, and how you work.

Every time you start Claude CLI in a project, it automatically reads your global context. Every solved problem, reusable pattern, and project note lives in one place you actually own.

What you’ll have at the end

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  • A second brain repo with a structured folder layout
  • The repo opened as an Obsidian vault for visual browsing and editing
  • Your global CLAUDE.md symlinked so Claude CLI loads it automatically
  • A project template Claude uses to onboard new projects with zero manual setup

Why this matters for vibecoding

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Without a second brain, you explain your stack, preferences, and project context to Claude from scratch every session. With one, Claude already knows:

  • Who you are and how you work
  • Your branch strategy, commit conventions, and deploy targets
  • Which patterns you’ve learned and which gotchas to avoid
  • The full context of every active project

Steps

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  1. Set up the folder structure — 10 minutes
  2. Open as an Obsidian vault — 5 minutes
  3. Connect to Claude CLI — 5 minutes
  4. Wiki patterns — what to write down — read when ready