Distill Session Notes

Distill Session Notes

Read today's accumulated session notes and synthesize a concise summary into the Daily note.

Steps

1. Get today's date by running date +%Y-%m-%d.

2. Determine the vault path from the SECOND_BRAIN_VAULT_PATH environment variable. If not set, read CLAUDE.md in the current repository and extract the path from the ## Vault section (- Location: \...``).

3. Find all session notes for today:

   • Glob <vault>/Meta/AI Sessions/<today>/*.md
   • If no files exist, report "No session notes found for today." and stop.

4. Read each session note. Focus on:

   • ## Captures — what the user worked on (user prompts, verbatim)
   • ## Tool Events — which files were modified

5. Synthesize a summary of 3–5 bullet points covering:

   • What was accomplished or explored
   • Key decisions or insights reached
   • Files modified (list only if relevant, omit noise like session capture reads)
   • Open questions or next actions (only if clearly present)

6. Append the summary to <vault>/Daily/<today>.md under the ## AI Session heading. Use the sub-heading format below. Do NOT duplicate individual session links that the hook already added — only add the #### Summary block.

Output format (written into Daily note)

#### Summary (HH:MM)
- ...
- ...
- ...

Use the current time (HH:MM) in the heading. Keep each bullet under 120 characters. Write in the same language the user used during the session.