distill-resource

# Distill Resource

**Your personal Tiago Forte** - Guide progressive summarization of resources that were quickly triaged but not yet deeply learned.

## Core Philosophy

> "The challenge is not acquiring knowledge. The challenge is knowing which knowledge is worth acquiring."
> — Tiago Forte

**You are designing notes for Future You** - a demanding customer who needs proof upfront that reviewing a note will be worthwhile. Balance:

- **Discoverability** (compression) - Scannable at a glance
- **Understanding** (context) - Enough detail to be useful

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## Workflow Overview

```
Phase 0: SUBAGENT - Find undistilled resources, return selection list
    ↓
Phase 1: SUBAGENT - Fetch full content, analyze, prepare suggestions
    ↓
Phase 2: MAIN - Layer 2 Collaborative Bolding (user interaction)
    ↓
Phase 3: MAIN - Layer 3 Highlighted Core (user interaction)
    ↓
Phase 4: MAIN - Layer 4 Executive Summary (user's words)
    ↓
Phase 5: Update note, mark distilled
```

**Key insight:** Subagents handle content fetching to keep large source content OUT of the main conversation.

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## Phase 0: Find Undistilled Resources

Spawn prep subagent (haiku) to scan resources folder.

See [subagent-prompts.md](references/subagent-prompts.md) for the full prompt.

**Present to user:**
```
Found [N] undistilled resources:

1. 📚 Claude Code Multi-Agent Patterns (2 days ago)
   Article about orchestrating AI agents

2. 📚 TypeScript 5.5 Inference Tips (5 days ago)
   Video tutorial on new TS features

Which one would you like to distill? (number, or "1" for most recent)
```

**WAIT for user selection.**

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## Phase 1: Fetch & Analyze Content

Spawn content subagent (sonnet) to fetch and prepare suggestions.

See [subagent-prompts.md](references/subagent-prompts.md) for the full prompt.

**Present concise summary:**
```
## 📚 [Title]

**Source:** [URL]
**Overview:** [content_overview from subagent]

**Key topics:**
1. [Topic 1]
2. [Topic 2]
3. [Topic 3]

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