Media Ingest

Phase 1: Identify format and fetch

Phase 2: Upload raw source

Save the original file for provenance: gbrain files upload-raw <file> --page <slug>

Phase 3: Create brain page

File by primary subject (not format). Use this template:

# {Title}

**Source:** {URL or file path}
**Format:** {video/audio/PDF/book/screenshot/repo}
**Created:** {date}

## Summary
{Key points, not a transcript dump}

## Key Segments / Highlights
{For video/audio: timestamped highlights. For books: chapter summaries.}

## People Mentioned
{List with links to brain pages}

## Companies Mentioned
{List with links to brain pages}

Phase 4: Entity extraction and propagation

For every person and company mentioned:

1. Check brain for existing page
2. Create/enrich if needed (delegate to enrich skill)
3. Add back-link from entity page to this media page
4. Add timeline entry on entity page

A media item is NOT fully ingested until entity propagation is complete.

Phase 5: Sync

gbrain sync to update the index.

Output Format

Brain page created with summary, highlights, and entity cross-links. Report to user: "Ingested {title}: {N} entities detected, {N} pages updated."

Anti-Patterns

• Dumping raw transcripts without analysis
• Skipping entity extraction ("I'll do that separately")
• Filing by format (all videos in media/videos/) instead of by subject
• Not preserving raw source files
• Creating stub pages without meaningful content