Thoughts

Open Brain Session 13 - Built action item tracking with auto-resolution. New action_items table tracks open/resolved status across all capture paths. When a new thought comes in, gpt-4o-mini checks it against open items and auto-closes matches. Digest upgraded from gpt-4o-mini to Claude Sonnet via OpenRouter for better narrative synthesis. Backfilled 384 items from thought metadata, cleaned down to 26 genuine open items. Gmail bridge spam contamination identified as root cause of most noise. "done:" Slack command available as manual fallback.

Apple Shortcuts gotcha: When using a "Move" action (or any action that takes a note/file input) inside a Repeat with Each block, it defaults to the Find results collection, not the current Repeat Item. Must manually switch the variable to Repeat Item. Discovered while building the Apple Notes to Open Brain bridge Shortcut.

[Open Brain] Session 11 - 4 capture points completed: WordPress import (13 pieces from davetedder.com and tedderfamilytattooing.com), Apple Notes bridge (Shortcut with daily 6AM automation), Claude.ai export (9 memories), Perplexity + Gemini import (12 memories). ~34 new thoughts total. Brain now has strong signal on Japanese tattoo expertise, pricing, family history, gear/equipment, business strategy (Norfolk relocation, Atlanta convention, booth rental transition), and creative projects. 2 capture points remain: Notion bridge and Instagram signals.