Distill raw notes into a sharp set of standalone maxims — distillation, not summarization. Keeps the vital few, drops 40-60% of ideas, compresses survivors to maxims of 8 words or fewer, promotes the most foundational idea to a headline, and sharpens contrasts into antithesis ("Give problems, not answers") or couplets ("Fewer tasks, bigger impact"). Returns flat, loosely clustered bullets in chat, then asks whether to also save them to a new .md file. Use when the user says "distill these notes", "turn my notes into maxims", "compress this to principles", "boil this down to maxims", or wants raw notes reduced to a vital few transferable principles. Accepts pasted text, a local file path, or an Obsidian note reference. Do NOT use to summarize while keeping all the ideas, to highlight key takeaways inside a note in place, or to build a reusable advisor persona from interview transcripts.
Install with
Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI
Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.
Skill stats
Skills1CategoryContent & writingStars0
About this skill
Distill raw notes into a sharp set of standalone maxims — distillation, not summarization. Keeps the vital few, drops 40-60% of ideas, compresses survivors to maxims of 8 words or fewer, promotes the most foundational idea to a headline, and sharpens contrasts into antithesis ("Give problems, not answers") or couplets ("Fewer tasks, bigger impact"). Returns flat, loosely clustered bullets in chat, then asks whether to also save them to a new .md file. Use when the user says "distill these notes", "turn my notes into maxims", "compress this to principles", "boil this down to maxims", or wants raw notes reduced to a vital few transferable principles. Accepts pasted text, a local file path, or an Obsidian note reference. Do NOT use to summarize while keeping all the ideas, to highlight key takeaways inside a note in place, or to build a reusable advisor persona from interview transcripts.
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Distill raw notes into a sharp set of standalone maxims — distillation, not summarization. Keeps the vital few, drops 40-60% of ideas, compresses survivors to maxims of 8 words or fewer, promotes the most foundational idea to a headline, and sharpens contrasts into antithesis ("Give problems, not answers") or couplets ("Fewer tasks, bigger impact"). Returns flat, loosely clustered bullets in chat, then asks whether to also save them to a new .md file. Use when the user says "distill these notes", "turn my notes into maxims", "compress this to principles", "boil this down to maxims", or wants raw notes reduced to a vital few transferable principles. Accepts pasted text, a local file path, or an Obsidian note reference. Do NOT use to summarize while keeping all the ideas, to highlight key takeaways inside a note in place, or to build a reusable advisor persona from interview transcripts.
About this listing
Category
Content & writing
Reported license
Apache-2.0
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
Claude Code
Codex
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
Gemini CLI