Agent skill

Para Second Brain

by sundial-org in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills

Organize your agent's knowledge using PARA (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive) — then make it ALL searchable.

No licenceAuto-check passedKnowledge Management

Install Para Second Brain

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill para-second-brain -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills para-second-brain --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/para-second-brain .claude/skills/para-second-brain && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
para-second-brain
GitHub stars
663
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~3.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,044 words
Files
7 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Organize your agent's knowledge using PARA (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive) — then make it ALL searchable.

  • Works in 5 steps: Create Directory Structure → Make Notes Searchable (The Symlink Trick) → Enable Session Transcript Indexing → …
  • Tasks that involve Second brain
  • SKILL.md covers What's New in v2.0, What This Does, How This Differs from Other… and Quick Setup, plus 6 more sections
  • Runs Shell scripts from its folder

What it does

Para Second Brain is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Organize your agent's knowledge using PARA (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive) — then make it ALL searchable. The symlink trick enables full semantic search across your entire knowledge base, not just MEMORY.md. Includes session transcript indexing and memory flush protocol. Your agent finally has a real second brain.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including scripts (for example `manifest.json`, `scripts/setup.sh` and `skill.json`).

It sits in Knowledge Management, covering Second brain and Knowledge bases. The repository describes itself as: Top OpenClaw skills, with the most popular and useful ones.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Second brain
  • Tasks that involve Knowledge bases

Example prompts

  • “/para-second-brain”

Requirements

  • A Bash shell

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Create Directory Structure
  2. Make Notes Searchable (The Symlink Trick)
  3. Enable Session Transcript Indexing
  4. Initialize MEMORY.md
  5. Add to AGENTS.md

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b80cde2. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • clawdhub.com
    • fortelabs.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Para Second Brain loads about 3.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 85 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,044 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~85
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,044 words (~3,171 tokens).

“Your agent's memory just got a massive upgrade. Full semantic search across your entire knowledge base — not just MEMORY.md.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sundial-org
name
para-second-brain
version
2.0.1

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (scripts) in skills/para-second-brain of sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • manifest.json
  • scripts/setup.sh
  • skill.json
  • templates/concept.md
  • templates/pattern.md
  • templates/tool.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b80cde2

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Company Braincoreyhaines31/makerskills850—~4.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Second Brain QueryNicholasSpisak/second-brain737—~712Automated safety check: NotesNone
Second Brain IngestNicholasSpisak/second-brain737—~1.1kAutomated safety check: NotesNone
Vault Methodology RouterAgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian15k—~1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Para Second Brain

What does Para Second Brain do?

Organize your agent's knowledge using PARA (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive) — then make it ALL searchable. Para Second Brain is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Organize your agent's knowledge using PARA (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive) — then make it ALL searchable.

When should I use Para Second Brain?

Para Second Brain fits situations like: tasks that involve Second brain; tasks that involve Knowledge bases.

How do I install Para Second Brain in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill para-second-brain -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/para-second-brain in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .claude/skills/para-second-brain in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Para Second Brain in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill para-second-brain -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/para-second-brain in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .agents/skills/para-second-brain in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Para Second Brain in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill para-second-brain -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/para-second-brain, .gemini/skills/para-second-brain, .github/skills/para-second-brain and .opencode/skills/para-second-brain in your project.

What does Para Second Brain need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Para Second Brain needs a shell for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: A Bash shell.

Does Para Second Brain access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: clawdhub.com and fortelabs.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Para Second Brain safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Para Second Brain use?

No licence was found for Para Second Brain or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Para Second Brain use?

About 3.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Para Second Brain?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Para Second Brain: Icm Architect (RinDig/icm-architect, 1.8k stars), Company Brain (coreyhaines31/makerskills, 850 stars), Second Brain Query (NicholasSpisak/second-brain, 737 stars) and Second Brain Ingest (NicholasSpisak/second-brain, 737 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Para Second Brain?

sundial-org (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which has 663 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 7, 2026.

Source: sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.