Skill

Draft a structured reading note from markup and extracts

Produces a durable reading note from a finished source's highlights and reactions, distilling key arguments and immediate connections without yet forming an original claim.

In / outFinished source + highlights + extracts + reactions → structured reading note with key arguments, usefulness assessment, and connections

You might say…

I've read it, I've annotated it, and in six months I'll have no idea what I took from it.

What it does

Given a finished source plus its highlights, quotes, and reactions, produces a durable reading note distilling the key arguments, what is useful, and immediate connections — capturing the source's value without yet forming an original claim. Used in the post-read consolidation pass before detail fades.

Trigger: Use in the post-read consolidation pass — after finishing a source and while the argument is still fresh — to lock in its value before detail fades.

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The primitives are the commodity part. The fastest next step is a conversation about composing them into something that works for you.

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