KB Setup Project

Knowledge Base Setup Project

Overview

Setting up a collaborative Obsidian knowledge base with Git sync and optional web publishing.

Current Status

Completed

• Created vault at ~/Obsidian/baseworks-kb-shared-brain/
• Initialized Git repository
• Created GitHub repo: https://github.com/p-oancia/baseworks-kb-shared-brain (private)
• Added Ksenia (pandasia) as collaborator - she’s active and pushing commits
• Installed Obsidian Git plugin (auto-sync every 10 min, auto-pull every 5 min)
• Installed Editing Toolbar plugin (WYSIWYG formatting buttons)
• Enabled Live Preview mode
• Created setup instructions (SETUP-KSENIA.md, SETUP-MCP-CLAUDE-DESKTOP.md)
• Set up MCP server for Claude Desktop access to vault
• Restructured KB based on Ksenia’s feedback (Feb 3, 2026)

Pending

• Set up Quartz (static site generator) - deferred
• Deploy to Cloudflare Pages - deferred
• Configure Cloudflare Access (password protection) - deferred

Current Structure

02-areas/
├── educational-programs/     ← Study groups, labs, events, curriculum
│   ├── study-groups/
│   ├── study-labs/
│   ├── events/
│   └── curriculum.md
│
├── primer/                   ← Online course (79 lessons)
│   ├── lessons/              ← Lesson index files (01.01.md, 01.02.md...)
│   ├── transcripts-en/       ← All EN transcripts in one folder
│   ├── transcripts-ja/
│   ├── summaries-en/
│   ├── subtitles-en/
│   └── subtitles-fr/
│
├── practice-platform/        ← Clusters, articles, forums
├── website/                  ← Main pages, blog articles
└── method-admin/             ← Internal docs
    ├── core/
    │   ├── taxonomy.md       ← Key terminology
    │   ├── key-definitions.md
    │   ├── history.md
    │   └── science.md
    ├── marketing/
    └── brand-guide.md

Lesson Numbering

Format: SS.LL (Segment.Lesson)

• 01.01 = Segment 1, Lesson 1
• 02.03 = Segment 2, Lesson 3

Configuration Details

GitHub Repository

• URL: https://github.com/p-oancia/baseworks-kb-shared-brain
• Branch: master
• Collaborators: p-oancia (owner), pandasia (Ksenia)

MCP Server (Claude Desktop)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "baseworks-kb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
               "/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Obsidian/baseworks-kb-shared-brain"]
    }
  }
}

For Claude (Next Session)

We're continuing work on the Baseworks shared knowledge base.

Vault: ~/Obsidian/baseworks-kb-shared-brain/
GitHub: https://github.com/p-oancia/baseworks-kb-shared-brain

Structure: educational-programs, primer, practice-platform, website, method-admin
Primer uses flat folders (transcripts-en/, summaries-en/) with SS.LL lesson numbering

Read the project status:
~/Obsidian/baseworks-kb-shared-brain/01-projects/KB-Setup-Project.md

Related

• Areas Hub
• Primer Course
• Taxonomy