02UI · Grok Bot Second Brain

A place outside your head where your context lives.

Set it up once. After that, Grok Bot can read who you are, what you do, and what you want — without you repeating yourself every time.

About 5 minutes to set up
Open your brain

What this is

A folder that remembers you

A second brain is a place outside your head where your context lives — who you are, what you are working on, and the half-formed ideas you would otherwise lose.

With Grok Bot, that place is a folder on your computer. Grok can read everything inside, write new notes, and help you stay organised. You stop briefing it from scratch every time. It already knows you.

This kit ships with blank prompts. The first time you open it, you fill in three short files — who you are, what you do, what you want. No fake content pretending to be you.

Before you start

What you need

You need Grok Bot installed and access to this folder on your computer. That is it. No account, no monthly fee, no internet required after download.

Setup

  1. Put the folder somewhere permanent

    Move this folder out of Downloads and into a proper home, like your Documents folder. Keep everything inside together.

  2. Open this guide

    You are here. Keep this page open while you set up, or come back to welcome.html any time.

  3. Fill in your stack

    Open who-you-are.md, what-you-do.md, and what-you-want.md in any text editor and replace the bracket prompts with your real answers. Or tell Grok Bot: help me set up my brain and let it ask you the questions.

  4. Open your brain in the browser

    Double-click index.html. You will see your stack on the left and the note content on the right. Open it now.

  5. Add your first note

    Open 01-ideas/inbox.md and type one idea. Save the file. Close the browser tab and double-click index.html again to refresh.

  6. Build the daily habit

    Drop any stray thought into 01-ideas/inbox.md. Do not tidy it. Speed matters more than neatness. Ask Grok Bot to sort your inbox when it fills up.

The foundation

Three files do most of the work

Everything else is storage. These three are what make Grok sound like it knows you rather than like generic AI output.

who-you-are.md — who you are. Your name, background, and how you want Grok to talk to you.

what-you-do.md — your work, skills, and what is on your plate right now.

what-you-want.md — your goals and what success looks like for you.

Spend your time here. Vague answers give vague results everywhere else. A few honest sentences beat a polished paragraph.

The folders

Where everything lives

01-ideas/ Your inbox. Messy on purpose. Raw thoughts go here.
02-projects/ Active work with a finish line. Drafts, proposals, plans.
03-areas/ Ongoing responsibilities you maintain over time.
04-wiki/ Evergreen knowledge you look things up in.
05-resources/ Reference material you collect but did not write yourself.
06-archive/ Finished or paused work, out of sight. Nothing is ever deleted.

If six folders feels like too many at the start, ignore 03-areas, 05-resources, and 06-archive until you need them.

Staying safe

You are always in the loop

Grok Bot can write files in this folder. That is the power, and it is why you stay in control. Grok is told to never delete, move, or overwrite files it did not create without asking you first.

If something goes wrong

My new note does not show in the browser
Close the browser tab completely, then double-click index.html again. If Grok Bot wrote the file, ask it to update brain-content.js too.
Outputs feel generic
Your stack files are still empty or too vague. Fill them in, or ask Grok Bot to help you set up.
Grok Bot changed something I did not want
Your files are on your computer. You can always undo by editing the .md file by hand.