Essay

Essay Skill

Produces long-form narrative prose from accumulated insights across Sources (digests, syntheses), Atlas, Maps, and Inbox. Unlike bullet-point synthesis, the output is a coherent essay — thesis-driven, flowing paragraphs, 800–1500 words.

Usage

# Open synthesis — AI picks the most compelling theme from recent notes
python3 _scripts/essay.py

# Topic-focused essay
python3 _scripts/essay.py --topic "inverse problems"
python3 _scripts/essay.py --topic "AI agents, LLMs"

# Custom lookback and scope
python3 _scripts/essay.py --topic "personal AI" --days 14
python3 _scripts/essay.py --no-atlas --no-maps  # Sources + Inbox only

# Custom output filename
python3 _scripts/essay.py --topic "regularization" --title "On Regularization in Life"

Output

Atlas/Essay - {topic-or-date}.md — long-form essay with [[wikilinks]] to source notes.

Notes