Methodology Modes — Quick Decision Tree

Pick a vault organizational style with bash bin/setup-mode.sh.

                  ┌──────────────────────────────────┐
                  │ Do you have a methodology         │
                  │ preference for organizing notes?  │
                  └──────────────┬───────────────────┘
                                 │
                ┌────────────────┴────────────────┐
              NO                                 YES
                │                                 │
                ▼                                 ▼
       ┌────────────────┐         ┌──────────────────────────────┐
       │   GENERIC      │         │ How do you think about content│
       │ (v1.7 default; │         └────────────────┬──────────────┘
       │  no opinion)   │                          │
       └────────────────┘     ┌────────────────────┼────────────────────┐
                              │                    │                    │
                              ▼                    ▼                    ▼
                    "topic clusters    "active projects     "atomic claims
                     + navigation       vs ongoing           with IDs +
                     by links"          responsibilities"    dense links"
                              │                    │                    │
                              ▼                    ▼                    ▼
                       ┌──────────┐         ┌──────────┐         ┌────────────────┐
                       │   LYT    │         │   PARA   │         │ ZETTELKASTEN   │
                       │  (MOCs)  │         │ (4-bucket│         │ (timestamped   │
                       │          │         │  actionable)       │  IDs, flat)    │
                       └──────────┘         └──────────┘         └────────────────┘

Quick comparison

	Generic	LYT	PARA	Zettelkasten
Folders	sources/entities/concepts/sessions/	mocs/notes/	projects/areas/resources/archives/	(none — flat)
Navigation	folder browse	link follow via MOCs	folder browse	ID reference
Naming	descriptive	descriptive	descriptive	timestamp prefix
Best for	beginners, mixed use	knowledge clusters	knowledge workers, GTD	researchers, academics
Discipline	low	medium	medium	high

Per-mode follow-up

After setting mode:

Generic: nothing further; v1.7 behavior preserved
LYT: create your first MOC; new ingests update MOCs automatically via wiki-ingest
PARA: process the wiki/projects/inbox/ + wiki/resources/incoming/ buckets periodically
Zettelkasten: build the parent/child relationship graph as notes accumulate; rely on Obsidian Graph view

Cross-reference

Full guide: methodology-modes-guide Skill: wiki-mode (skills/wiki-mode/SKILL.md) Router: scripts/wiki-mode.py Setup: bash bin/setup-mode.sh