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Recipes by Scenario ๐Ÿณ

4 min readUpdated 2026-10-10
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"When this happens, try asking it like this" โ€” a collection of ready-to-follow recipes for different situations.

โ† Home: ObsiKO 101 ยท Up: 16 AI Agent

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Setting up a workspace

  • "Set up a web-novel project" โ†’ one folder + a serial dashboard + a chapter-1 skeleton and a characters note, in one go.
  • "Make me a ledger / library / source box" โ†’ you get the same screen the menu creates, and if one already exists it says so instead of making a second.
  • "Let me see this folder as a table" ยท "Make a PARA board"
  • So the new screen isn't empty, the AI is told which frontmatter the screen looks for and puts it in the starter notes. It only hand-writes a config file when you want something the standard screens don't cover.
  • No sprawling empty folders โ€” just a minimal set you can use right away, with a plain list of what was created where.

โœ๏ธ Writing

  • "Draft the skeleton for chapter 1" / "Give me a cover-letter frame" โ€” the AI uses the same structures as Writing Helper โ–ธ Structure (13 genres ยท 101 forms) instead of inventing one. โ†’ 16-12 Writing Helper
  • "Write a blog draft on this topic: ____"
  • "Combine these notes into one organized piece" (attach the related notes as references)
  • "Make this piece more concise / change the tone to be like ____"
  • Dedicated commands: /worldbuild /craft /draft /compose /edit /revise โ†’ for a deeper, step-by-step approach, see 16-3 Writing & Composition

๐Ÿ“š Studying

  • "Turn this PDF's key points into study notes" (attach the PDF)
  • "Make 5 questions from this content โ€” keep the answers separate"
  • "Transcribe yesterday's lecture recording and summarize it" (attach the audio file โ€” no whisper needed if you have an OpenAI/Gemini API key; it transcribes via the cloud. On iPhone/iPad you can right-click the file โ–ธ 'Audio/Video โ†’ Note (transcribe)' and transcribe it on the device for free, no key needed)
  • "Organize this chapter in the order concept โ†’ example โ†’ common confusions"
  • Dedicated commands: /studynote /summarize /quiz /errorlog /lecturenote /studyplan

๐Ÿ”Ž Research & information gathering

  • "Search for the latest trends on ____ and organize them โ€” be sure to cite sources!"
  • "Pull the captions from this YouTube video and summarize the key points" (video URL)
  • "Make a digest of today's new posts from this RSS feed" (feed URL)
  • "Organize the arguments for and against this topic into a table, with sources"
  • Dedicated commands: /gather /litreview /factcheck /paper (these helpers never assert claims without a source)

๐Ÿ’ก Web content is written based on search results (titles, summaries, dates) โ€” it doesn't open and read each page individually. So asking it to "cite sources" makes the result more trustworthy, and it's worth double-checking anything important.

๐Ÿง  Structuring knowledge

  • "Draw the relationships between the notes in this folder as a mind map" โ†’ into a .canvas! โ†’ 11 Mind Map
  • "Group these scattered memos by similar topic / suggest wiki links between these notes"
  • "Find notes related to this topic and map out the surrounding structure too" (semantic search + graph)
  • For a more systematic approach (Zettelkasten, ontology) โ†’ 16-5 Zettelkasten & Ontology ยท 17 Structuring Knowledge

๐Ÿ”„ Conversion & data

  • "Convert this docx/pptx/epub to Markdown" (requires pandoc)
  • "Turn this CSV/JSON into a clean table"
  • "Read the text in this scanned PDF and transcribe it" (requires Claude + poppler)
  • "Make a data table (.base) from these notes" ยท "as a kanban board by status" ยท "add a monthly-count chart view" ยท "set it up as a project view" โ€” the agent creates or edits .base files (and seeds matching notes when needed). โ†’ Bases (Data Tables) ยท Project View
  • See which formats it can read โ†’ readable file formats

๐Ÿงœโ€โ™€๏ธ Asking it to draw a mind map or diagram

Ask things like "draw a mind map" or "diagram the structure of โ—‹โ—‹," and the agent creates a .canvas file that ObsiKO opens as an interactive mind map. Once it's made, feel free to edit it yourself too โ€” move cards, change colors, and more! โ†’ 11 Mind Map

  • Diagram just about anything: topic maps (center โ†’ branches), sequences/processes/timelines, cause-and-effect, comparisons/classifications, tournament brackets, and more.
  • Arrow direction follows the content's flow automatically (cause โ†’ effect, qualifiers โ†’ finals). Feel free to be specific if you want โ€” "from qualifiers to the finals," "bottom to top."
  • A map linking existing notes: "make a map connecting these notes as cards" from this folder โ†’ your actual notes go in as file cards that open when clicked (similar to an automatic mind map, but AI also interprets the relationships!).
  • You can request the shape too: "different colors for each category," "5 branches," "spreading left and right from the center."
  • Smarter diagrams now: the agent picks card shapes like decision diamonds and start/end ovals, wraps related branches into groups, and draws relationships that have no direction as lines without arrowheads. Try asking for "as a flowchart," "grouped by category," or "make these two a two-way relationship."
  • If you'd rather have it inside the document: "forget the mind map, put it in this note as a Mermaid diagram" โ†’ embeds a diagram in the body. โ†’ 04 Advanced Markdown
  • Number charts go inside a note: give it numbers and say "chart this," and instead of a canvas it writes a ```chart block into a note โ€” ObsiKO draws it right there as a real chart.

Recommended prompt: "Draw the key concepts and relationships from the attached notes as a mind map (.canvas). Branch out from the central topic, and use arrow direction to express cause-and-effect or sequence where it exists. Use different colors per category!"

More copy-and-paste prompts โ†’ 16-6 Recommended Prompts

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