Create Walnut

Something new is emerging. It needs its own walnut.

Ask

What kind of walnut?
  1. Venture (04_Ventures/) -- revenue intent
  2. Experiment (05_Experiments/) -- testing grounds
  3. Person (02_Life/people/) -- someone entering the orbit
  4. Life area (02_Life/) -- personal goal or domain
  5. Project (nested under existing walnut)

Then ask:

• Name: kebab-case (e.g., nova-station)
• Goal: one sentence
• Rhythm: daily / weekly / biweekly / monthly

Scaffold

Create via terminal:

WALNUT_PATH="$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT/[domain]/[name]"
mkdir -p "$WALNUT_PATH/_kernel"

Write three kernel files:

key.md

---
type: [venture/experiment/person/life/project]
goal: [one sentence]
created: [today]
rhythm: [rhythm]
people: []
tags: []
links: []
---

[Brief description of what this walnut is about.]

log.md

---
walnut: [name]
created: [today]
last-entry: [today]
entry-count: 1
summary: Walnut created.
---

## [today] -- squirrel:[session_id]

**Type:** creation

Walnut created. [Goal]. [Any initial context from conversation.]

signed: squirrel:[session_id]

insights.md

---
walnut: [name]
updated: [today]
squirrel: [session_id]
sections: []
---

tasks.json + completed.json

echo '{"tasks": []}' > "$WALNUT_PATH/_kernel/tasks.json"
echo '{"completed": []}' > "$WALNUT_PATH/_kernel/completed.json"

Run projection

python3 "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT/.alive/scripts/project.py" --walnut "[relative_path]"

After Creation

• If this walnut is a sub-walnut, add parent: [[parent]] to key.md
• Add [[name]] to parent's key.md links
• Offer to create the first bundle