Active Development

Personal Operating System

A living intelligence layer that wraps around every domain of your life — work, health, finances, coaching — and orchestrates them the way a world-class chief of staff would. Built by Tim Noakesmith, an executive coach, entirely through conversation with Claude.

7
Live Features
14
Commands
6
Skills
4
Integrations
01Project Overview
Overall Progress35%
Feb 17Dashboard & Open Source
  • +Product dashboard live at pepperpotts.co
  • +Getting started guide for newcomers
  • +Open source GitHub repository
  • +Logo and brand identity
Feb 17Pepper Potts Backend
  • +Email webhook ported with filename dedup fix
  • +Vercel deployment with custom domain
  • +Postmark inbound email processing
Feb 11Coach Integration
  • +Coach Tools API integration (X-Coach-Secret auth)
  • +Coaching actions surfaced in daily kickoff
  • +Action completion directly from vault ceremonies
Feb 6Ceremonies & Research
  • +/daily-kickoff — state check, work landscape, intentions
  • +/daily-reflection — progress accounting, tomorrow's seed
  • +/weekly-review — close the week, clear the deck
  • +/thinking-partner — collaborative exploration
  • +/research-assistant — deep dive across vault
Jan 30Foundation
  • +Claudesidian fork — /inbox-processor, /process-conversations, /wrap-up, /de-ai-ify, and more
  • +PARA folder structure (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive)
  • +Obsidian vault setup with obsidian-git sync
  • +Email → Vault pipeline via Postmark

Not Yet Built

  • Pindari financial pulse — cash position, revenue trend in kickoff
  • Google Calendar — time-aware kickoffs and smart scheduling
  • Client prep briefs — auto-generated session prep from all sources
  • Pattern detection — recurring themes and energy patterns across daily notes
  • Health data — Apple Watch / Oura Ring data flowing into kickoff
  • Voice captures — Siri captures auto-processed and filed
  • Mobile webhooks — trigger workflows from phone via Apple Shortcuts
02Vision & Philosophy

“Structure as liberation”

Direction with flow, not rigid control. When you wake up, the day is already shaped — not rigidly, but the way a river is shaped by its banks.

Automate or it dies

If it requires sustained manual discipline, it will fail within 14 days. Every workflow must be automated at the point of capture, not maintained by willpower.

Dialogue over dashboards

Interactive conversations beat passive information displays. The system talks with you, not at you. Questions before solutions, always.

The system serves the life

Built in service of actual work, not as a project for its own sake. If it doesn't make the day better, it gets cut. No feature worship.

03What’s Next
V1 — Foundation

Ceremonies & Intelligence

Claudesidian fork, PARA setup, daily kickoff & reflection, weekly review, thinking partner, research assistant, email → vault pipeline, Coach Tools integration. Done.

V2 — Integrations

Connected Intelligence

Pindari financial pulse in kickoff, Google Calendar for time-aware ceremonies, client prep briefs from all sources, pattern detection across daily notes.

V3 — Ambient

Always-On Intelligence

Health data from Apple Watch / Oura Ring, voice captures via Siri, mobile webhooks via Apple Shortcuts, predictive scheduling, cross-domain pattern recognition.

04Architecture

Ecosystem

BrainObsidian vault
PipesPepper Potts backend
CoachingCoach Tools
MoneyPindari
GlueClaude Code

Tech Stack

VaultObsidian
BackendNext.js 14
HostingVercel
EmailPostmark
AIAnthropic Claude
SyncGitHub + obsidian-git

Daily Workflows

MorningDaily kickoff — state, landscape, intentions
DuringThinking partner, research, email capture
EveningDaily reflection — progress, tomorrow's seed
FridayWeekly review — close, clear, set up

Data Flow

Email inPostmark → Vercel → GitHub → vault
Vault syncobsidian-git auto pull/push
Coach dataCoach Tools API → kickoff ceremony
Commands.claude/commands/ → Claude Code

Organization Method

Everything in the vault is organized using Tiago Forte's PARA method — Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive. It gives every note a clear home based on actionability, not topic.

Projects
Time-bound initiatives with clear outcomes
Areas
Ongoing responsibilities without end dates
Resources
Topics of interest for future reference
Archive
Completed or inactive items
05Product Backlog

Next UpNext

FeaturePindari financial pulse — cash position, revenue trend, overdue invoices surfaced in daily kickoff
FeatureGoogle Calendar — time-aware kickoffs, smart scheduling suggestions, meeting prep

PlannedPlanned

FeatureClient prep briefs — auto-generated coaching session prep from Coach Tools + vault + calendar
FeaturePattern detection — scan daily notes for recurring themes, energy patterns, and behavioral trends
FeatureCross-project intelligence — coach, financial, and personal data synthesized in one view

IdeasFuture

IdeaHealth data — Apple Watch / Oura Ring data flowing into kickoff for energy-aware scheduling
IdeaVoice captures — Siri quick-capture auto-processed, tagged, and filed into vault
IdeaMobile webhooks — trigger any workflow from your phone via Apple Shortcuts
IdeaPredictive scheduling — AI suggests optimal times for deep work, meetings, admin based on patterns