Writing Your First Page

This tutorial walks you through creating your first encyclopedia page end-to-end. We'll write a Person page (the most common page type) by snapshotting data, drafting, layering in new sources, and refining with your own memories.

You don't need to spell out formatting rules, citation templates, or talk page conventions in your prompts. The extension handles all of that automatically.

Step 1: Snapshot a data source

Start by pointing the agent at a data source. Any export will work: an Instagram archive, a photo folder, a WhatsApp backup.

Snapshot my Instagram export at ~/Downloads/instagram-export

The agent snapshots the files into the vault and creates a Source page with querying instructions so it can reference the data later.

Step 2: Survey and plan

Before writing, ask the agent to survey what's in the snapshot. This catches gaps early: encrypted files, missing exports, low-quality data.

Survey the Instagram source I just snapshotted.

The agent enriches the Source page with key conversations, data quality notes, SQL recipes, and an assessment of what the source can and cannot tell you.

Step 3: Draft the page

Write a Person page for Alex from the Instagram data.

The agent extracts dates, locations, and people from the data, cross-references details to build a timeline, and drafts the page with an infobox, sections, citations, and embedded media. It also creates a Talk page noting gaps and episode candidates.

Open the whoami app to view the page.

Step 4: Layer in a new source

One source rarely tells the whole story. Point the agent at a second source and ask it to integrate:

Snapshot ~/Downloads/whatsapp-export and revise the Alex page
with the new data.

The agent confirms details that appear in both sources, fills gaps, and removes hedging where the new data resolves uncertainty. New facts get woven into existing sections rather than appended as a separate block.

Step 5: Extract episodes

As the agent researches, it identifies events rich enough for their own pages: a first meeting, a trip, a milestone.

Create episode pages for the richest events on the Alex page.

Each episode page gets its own narrative, citations, and embedded media, linked from the person page with a one-sentence summary.

Step 6: Add your own memories

Data sources capture what was recorded, but you know the story. Share anecdotes, corrections, and context the data can't provide:

Some memories about Alex:
- We got lost finding the restaurant and walked through a park
  where Alex spent ten minutes befriending a stray cat.
- At the concert someone behind us sang off-key and Alex couldn't
  stop laughing. We moved seats twice.
- We actually met on a Friday, not Thursday. I'd just finished
  my last class of the week.

The agent integrates your testimony into the page. Where your account conflicts with the digital record, both versions are noted on the Talk page.

Step 7: Verify and review

Do a final editorial review of the Alex page.

The agent audits tone, balance, and gaps, ensures every factual claim has a citation, and produces a citation manifest pairing each claim with its source evidence.

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