# Chief of Staff v2

> A Chief of Staff that lives in an Obsidian vault as plain markdown, driven by whatever AI model you're paying for this year. Built as an ADHD prosthetic by a non-coder with ADHD, for non-coders with ADHD.

## Docs

- [OVERVIEW.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdpolasky/chief-of-staff-2/main/OVERVIEW.md): One-page summary of the whole system, written for an AI agent to fetch once.
- [README.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdpolasky/chief-of-staff-2/main/README.md): Project description and map, including a plain-language Q&A section.
- [ARCHITECTURE.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdpolasky/chief-of-staff-2/main/ARCHITECTURE.md): Full account of what v1 got right, how it collapsed, and how v2 is built.
- [SETUP-HUMANS.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdpolasky/chief-of-staff-2/main/SETUP-HUMANS.md): Install guide written for a person with no coding background.
- [SETUP-AI.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdpolasky/chief-of-staff-2/main/SETUP-AI.md): The same install, written for an AI agent to execute.
- [obsidian-setup.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdpolasky/chief-of-staff-2/main/obsidian-setup.md): How to connect an Obsidian vault to an AI agent over MCP. Optional. Model-agnostic; covers Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other MCP clients.
- [docs/notion-vs-obsidian.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdpolasky/chief-of-staff-2/main/docs/notion-vs-obsidian.md): Short read on why this runs on Obsidian rather than Notion.
- [docs/notion-vs-obsidian-deep.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdpolasky/chief-of-staff-2/main/docs/notion-vs-obsidian-deep.md): The full analysis, with pricing.
- [docs/laws.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdpolasky/chief-of-staff-2/main/docs/laws.md): Thirteen laws governing the system, each with the mistake that produced it.
- [docs/anatomy.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdpolasky/chief-of-staff-2/main/docs/anatomy.md): The four-part anatomy every chair in the C-Suite follows.

## Companion tools

- [bloatbot](https://github.com/jdpolasky/bloatbot): Standalone auditor for an AI workspace. Finds bloat, dead files, and token waste; proposes cuts; edits nothing without an explicit go. Agent map at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdpolasky/bloatbot/main/llms.txt.
- [buildbot](https://github.com/jdpolasky/buildbot): Standalone builder for an AI workspace. Interviews, blueprints on one page, builds only what was ratified, proves the result end to end. Agent map at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdpolasky/buildbot/main/llms.txt.

## Optional

- [ai-chief-of-staff](https://github.com/jdpolasky/ai-chief-of-staff): Version one of this system. Superseded by this repo, kept public because it still works and still stands on its own.