Building a Knowledge Base That AI Can Actually Use

nickboy@users.noreply.github.com (Nick Liu) — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Obsidian + Claude Code is everywhere right now. But pointing an AI at a folder of markdown files and hoping for the best doesn’t work. What matters is how you structure the knowledge base. Get that right, and Claude becomes genuinely useful. Get it wrong, and you get confident garbage.

There’s been a wave of posts about this combo lately: James Bedford’s full walkthrough, Greg Isenberg’s “personal OS” approach, kepano (Obsidian’s CEO) sharing Claude Skills. They’re all worth reading.

What I Learned from How Claude Code's Creator Uses Claude Code

nickboy@users.noreply.github.com (Nick Liu) — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Boris Cherny created Claude Code. When he shared how he actually uses it day-to-day, the setup was surprisingly simple. I went through every tip, tried most of them, and have opinions about all of them.

The original thread is on Boris’s X account. A good companion site is howborisusesclaudecode.com which compiles everything in one place.

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Building a Knowledge Base That AI Can Actually Use

What I Learned from How Claude Code's Creator Uses Claude Code