Setup

Pinky Brain doesn't turn itself on just because a documentation/ folder exists — it's a separate tool you install once.

Install

Open the Quack Store and install Pinky (Knowledge Search). Quack handles the install for you; the first setup run also does a first index, which loads a small embedding model and can take about a minute the first time only.

Folder layout

documentation/
  features/    one .md per durable part of the product
  gotcha/      surprising things worth remembering
  decisions/   why you chose an approach
  diary/       YYYY-MM-DD.md, daily log

Each file needs YAML frontmatter (type, project, created, last_verified, tags) — that's what makes it searchable and filterable, not just readable.

Keep the index fresh

After editing or adding files by hand, reindex so search reflects the change immediately rather than waiting for the next automatic pass.