# Para System

> A Claude skill from aroyburman-codes/para-second-brain.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-aroyburman-codes-para-second-brain-para-system`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [aroyburman-codes](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/aroyburman-codes)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [aroyburman-codes](https://github.com/aroyburman-codes)
- **Source:** https://github.com/aroyburman-codes/para-second-brain/tree/main/skills/para-system

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-aroyburman-codes-para-second-brain-para-system
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# PARA Second Brain System

You have access to the PARA (Projects/Areas/Resources/Archive) methodology for organizing work and knowledge.

## When This Skill Activates

Activate when the user:
- Mentions PARA, "second brain", or "where should I put this"
- Asks about organizing their work, notes, or knowledge
- Wants to decide between Projects, Areas, Resources, or Archive
- Asks about review cadence or PARA hygiene

## Core PARA Concepts

**Projects** = Goal + Deadline. Bounded efforts with a clear finish line.
**Areas** = Ongoing Responsibility. No end date — standards to maintain.
**Resources** = Reference Material. Things to find later, no action required now.
**Archive** = Inactive Items. Done, paused, or deprecated — not deleted, just shelved.

## Quick Decision Tree

```
Has a clear end goal + deadline? → Projects
Ongoing responsibility to maintain? → Areas
Reference material for later? → Resources
Done or no longer relevant? → Archive
None of the above? → Don't capture it.
```

## Key Rules

- **8-10 active projects max.** More means you're spread too thin.
- **Archive aggressively.** Clutter has real cognitive cost. Archiving is free.
- **Capture fast, organize later.** Don't agonize over categories — the weekly review is when you sort things out.
- **Every item needs a filled-in context.md.** Empty templates are noise.
- **Cross-reference related items.** Projects often connect to Areas and Resources.

## Available Commands

- `/para-setup [path]` — Initialize a PARA directory structure
- `/para-add  ` — Add a new item to any category
- `/para-review [weekly|monthly]` — Walk through your system and update statuses
- `/para-capture [text]` — Quick-capture a note from the current conversation
- `/para-status [category]` — See an overview of your PARA system

## Review Cadence

- **Weekly (30 min):** Scan projects, check areas, capture and archive
- **Monthly (60 min):** Weekly + strategic alignment + resource refresh
- **Quarterly (90 min):** Monthly + growth review + system health check

## Reference Files

For detailed templates, see `references/templates.md`.
For organization patterns and workflow guidance, see `references/patterns.md`.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [aroyburman-codes](https://github.com/aroyburman-codes)
- **Source:** [aroyburman-codes/para-second-brain](https://github.com/aroyburman-codes/para-second-brain)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-aroyburman-codes-para-second-brain-para-system
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/aroyburman-codes
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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