AI Second Brain for Daily Agent Assistance

Every time you open an AI chat, you have to introduce your company, clients and projects again, and nothing from the conversation is kept. An AI second brain solves this. You organize your business knowledge into a clearly structured knowledge base, and the AI agent reads it before every task and writes back to it afterwards. The knowledge base becomes the AI’s long-term memory, and the AI becomes an assistant that sorts your meetings, follows up on tasks and drafts emails every day.

This 6-hour lecture guides you step by step through building your own second brain. The knowledge base consists of plain Markdown files stored on your own computer, so your data always stays yours. The approach draws on the practical work of BenAI on AI agents and second brains.

Core components

• Knowledge base: Markdown notes managed in Obsidian, organized by company background, projects, people, daily notes and tasks, and linked to each other.
• Instructions: a CLAUDE.md file that tells the AI how the knowledge base is structured, where each type of information belongs and which tone to write in.
• Skills and plugins: reusable workflows such as writing meeting notes, creating weekly reports and drafting emails, connected to tools like email and calendar.
• Daily operation: scheduled tasks let the assistant create a morning brief and follow up on to-dos every day, without you having to remind it.

What you will learn

• How an AI second brain works: why chat history is not enough and how a knowledge base becomes the AI’s long-term memory
• Building a clear knowledge base structure in Obsidian, using links and note properties
• Writing a CLAUDE.md so the AI files new information in the right place automatically
• Connecting the knowledge base in Claude, and using and customizing skills and plugins
• Designing daily assistant workflows: morning brief, meeting notes, task follow-up, email drafts
• Running the assistant automatically with scheduled tasks
• Maintaining the knowledge base over time, sharing it in a team and keeping data protection (GDPR) in mind

Schedule (6 hours, including breaks)

1. What is an AI second brain (45 min): limits of chat-based AI, the knowledge base as long-term memory, the AI as operator
2. Building the knowledge base (60 min): installing Obsidian, designing the folder structure, links and note properties, hands-on setup
3. Writing instructions for the AI (60 min): writing a CLAUDE.md, filing rules, writing style, letting the AI read and write the knowledge base
4. Skills and plugins (60 min): connecting the knowledge base in Claude, using and customizing skills, connecting email and calendar
5. Daily assistant workflows (60 min): morning brief, meeting notes, task follow-up, setting up scheduled tasks
6. Maintenance, sharing and wrap-up (45 min): keeping the knowledge base tidy, team sharing, data protection, summary and Q&A

Who it is for

Business owners, managers and knowledge workers who want AI to really understand their business and take repetitive work off their hands. No programming skills required.

Fee: EUR 800 (6-hour lecture). To book or ask questions, please contact us.