Literature: LLM Wiki

Source Metadata

• File: 00_Raw/LLM Wiki.md
• Origin: Internal Pattern Document (Vulture Nest Foundation)
• Relevance: Canonical definition of the LLM Wiki / Vulture Nest architecture.

High-Level Summary

The LLM Wiki pattern proposes an alternative to standard RAG. Instead of retrieving raw chunks from static documents, an LLM incrementally builds and maintains a persistent, compounding wiki of interlinked markdown files. The wiki acts as a "compiled" version of the knowledge base where synthesis, cross-referencing, and contradiction flagging happen at ingestion time rather than query time.

Key Concepts Identified

• Compounding Artifact: The wiki is not just a cache but a structured asset that grows richer over time.
• Three-Layer Architecture:
  • 1. Raw Sources: Immutable source of truth.
    2. The Wiki: LLM-owned markdown layer (summaries, concepts, indices).
    3. The Schema: Instructions governing the LLM's maintenance workflows (e.g., GEMINI.md).
• Core Operations:
  • • Ingest: Reading a source and updating 10-15 related wiki pages.
    • Query: Synthesizing answers from the wiki and filing them back as new notes.
    • Lint: Health-checking the wiki for contradictions, orphans, and stale data.
• Navigation Primitives:
  • • index.md: Content-oriented catalog.
    • log.md: Chronological action record.

Connections to Vault

• the-compounding-artifact — The permanent note synthesized from this document.
• wiki-as-codebase — Metaphor: Obsidian as IDE, LLM as programmer, Wiki as codebase.
• yanp-for-agentic-workflows — Formalization of the "Schema" layer for this vault.
• memex — Cited as the spiritual ancestor (Vannevar Bush, 1945).

Related

• the-vulture-portal
• spec-knowledge-gardening