Digital Garden Cultivator

Digital Garden Cultivator

Design, manage, and evolve digital gardens as living knowledge bases. Digital gardens are interconnected note collections that grow organically, emphasizing evolution over perfection.

What It Is

A digital garden approach to knowledge management that:

• Builds dynamic knowledge bases that evolve over time
• Connects notes through bidirectional links
• Incubates ideas before formalizing as documentation
• Creates discovery paths for information navigation
• Tracks content maturity and maintenance needs

Quick Start

Calculate Garden Metrics

python scripts/garden_metrics.py path/to/garden.json --format brief

Verification: Run python --version to verify Python environment.

Output Formats

• json - Full metrics as JSON
• brief - One-line summary
• prometheus - Prometheus exposition format

When To Use

• Building dynamic knowledge bases that evolve over time
• Connecting notes, skills, and palaces through bidirectional links
• Incubating ideas before formalizing as documentation
• Creating discovery paths for navigating information
• Managing content lifecycle (seedling → growing → evergreen)

When NOT To Use

• Creating memory palace structures - use memory-palace-architect
• Evaluating new knowledge
  • use knowledge-intake
• Creating memory palace structures - use memory-palace-architect
• Evaluating new knowledge
  • use knowledge-intake

Content Maturity Levels

Core Workflow

1. Collect Sources - Gather notes, bookmarks, ideas
2. Plan Structure - Define garden organization
3. Create Links - Build bidirectional connections
4. Schedule Maintenance - Establish tending cadence
5. Document Outputs - Convert mature ideas to formal docs

Garden Layout Template