# Vault-based Ideas System

Copy this structure when creating a new idea project.

```
/root/.hermes/vault/Ideas/
├── _README.md
├── Templates/
│   └── new-idea.md
├── Active/
│   └── [project-slug]/
│       ├── _meta.md
│       ├── context.md
│       ├── hermes.md
│       ├── claude.md
│       ├── research.md
│       ├── decisions.md
│       └── next-steps.md
└── Archived/
```

Status values: brainstorming → active → paused → done → dead

Write discipline:
- Hermes appends to hermes.md, Claude appends to claude.md — never overwrite, add dated sections
- Rob makes decisions; record them in decisions.md
- When idea is done/dead/superseded, move to Archived/ with a one-line note

Activation requirements (not automatic):
- Hermes: append to hermes.md when asked or via post-session convention (no auto-capture in 0.19.0)
- Claude: must have a standing instruction in the relevant Cowork Project to write to claude.md
- Both sides only see what the other writes down, not what it's doing