Seth Shoultes

Reference Catalog

Canonical URLs for resources this blog references frequently. The daily-blog pipeline and the inline-link retrofit script consult this file to add hyperlinks on natural first mentions, so a reader who wants to follow a concept to its source can do so without leaving the post.

Format

Each entry is a ## <name> heading with these fields:

Add new entries as resources come online. Keep triggers short and specific — overly broad triggers cause over-linking.


Brain vault recipe

url: /recipes/claude-code-brain-vault.html triggers: brain vault, brain-vault recipe, the vault setup, claude code brain vault description: The full setup recipe for the brain vault — Obsidian + Git + the /brain skill + lifecycle hooks. The canonical destination when a post mentions “the brain vault” as a system that can be built, rather than as a concept in passing.

Public skeleton (brain repo)

url: https://github.com/sethshoultes/building-with-ai-brain triggers: public skeleton, building-with-ai-brain, public-readable mirror of the brain, the brain repo description: The public-readable mirror of the brain vault — example structure (learnings/, runbooks/, projects/, vault/) for anyone building their own.

Public skills cookbook

url: https://github.com/sethshoultes/building-with-ai-skills triggers: building-with-ai-skills, public skills repo, the skills cookbook, the cookbook recipe description: The public cookbook of SKILL.md examples that can be installed by anyone — paired with the brain repo as the public-readable arms of the operator’s setup.

Canonical secrets recipe

url: /recipes/set-up-canonical-secrets.html triggers: canonical secrets, the canonical secrets recipe, set up canonical secrets, ~/.config/dev-secrets description: The recipe for setting up the canonical secrets file at ~/.config/dev-secrets/secrets.env — the single source of truth for personal API keys.

ElevenLabs RAG recipe

url: /recipes/add-rag-to-elevenlabs-agent.html triggers: ElevenLabs RAG, add RAG to ElevenLabs, the RAG recipe description: The recipe for adding a knowledge base of URLs to an ElevenLabs Conversational AI agent.

HeyGen avatar recipe

url: /recipes/add-avatar-to-site.html triggers: HeyGen avatar, add an avatar to a site, the avatar recipe description: The recipe for adding a HeyGen avatar widget to a static site.

ElevenLabs client-tool recipe

url: /recipes/register-elevenlabs-client-tool.html triggers: ElevenLabs client tool, register a client tool, the client-tool recipe description: The recipe for registering a client-side tool with an ElevenLabs Conversational AI agent.

Garage Door Science (the operator’s other site)

url: https://garagedoorscience.com triggers: garagedoorscience.com, garage door science description: Seth’s primary product/site. Used in author bios and when posts reference work happening there.