Zettelkasten workflow

Category: playbook

A practical workflow for linked idea development.

Capture

Use fleeting-notes to save thoughts quickly.

Read

Create literature-notes and source-notes while reading. Preserve citation-practices.

Translate

Turn important ideas into permanent-notes in your own words.

Link

Connect each note to related concept-pages, evergreen-notes, and maps-of-content.

Develop

Use note-refactoring to split, merge, clarify, and connect notes over time.

Output

Use notes in the writing-process, synthesis, and creative-output.

Related pages

• zettelkasten
• snke-ahrens
• niklas-luhmann