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Why people care
Users already have AI chats and note apps, but the missing piece is a maintained layer of source-backed Markdown pages that can survive beyond a session.
Karpathy LLM Wiki Explained
The LLM Wiki idea became popular because it names a practical gap between chat, notes, and long-term knowledge maintenance.
Guide
What to know first
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What beginners need
The first useful step is not a plugin or platform. It is a clear folder structure, page schema, ingest prompt, lint checklist, and one good example.
- A place for raw source files
- A schema for what a good wiki page contains
- A prompt that forces source-backed output
- A lint checklist that catches unsupported claims
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Why Obsidian is a natural start
Obsidian gives beginners local Markdown files, wikilinks, backlinks, and a graph-like mental model without requiring a hosted database or a custom app.
Turn the idea into a working wiki page.
Paste a non-sensitive source excerpt and see the difference between a summary and an Obsidian-ready wiki page.