#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Regenerate _ideas-index.md as a two-level outline from idea frontmatter. Hierarchy comes from each idea's `parent:` field (empty = root/main idea). Roots are ranked by total paper engagement (own + descendants), so the most contested conversations float to the top. Paper counts per idea in brackets. python3 _scripts/make_ideas_index.py """ import glob import os import re from collections import defaultdict VAULT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) def fm_field(text: str, name: str) -> str: m = re.search(rf'^{name}: (.*)$', text.split("---")[1], flags=re.M) return m.group(1).strip().strip('"') if m else "" def main() -> None: ideas, parent, statement = set(), {}, {} for path in glob.glob(os.path.join(VAULT, "ideas", "*.md")): slug = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0] text = open(path, encoding="utf-8").read() ideas.add(slug) statement[slug] = fm_field(text, "statement") p = re.sub(r"[\[\]]", "", fm_field(text, "parent")) parent[slug] = p if p in (None, "") else p # paper engagement counts count = defaultdict(int) for path in glob.glob(os.path.join(VAULT, "papers", "*.md")) + glob.glob(os.path.join(VAULT, "influences", "*.md")): seen = set() for m in re.finditer(r'^(first-mention|argues-for|argues-against|nuances|tests)::\s*\[\[(.+?)\]\]', open(path, encoding="utf-8").read(), flags=re.M): if m.group(2) in ideas: seen.add(m.group(2)) for s in seen: count[s] += 1 children = defaultdict(list) roots = [] for s in sorted(ideas): p = parent.get(s) or "" if p and p in ideas: children[p].append(s) else: roots.append(s) if p and p not in ideas: print(f"WARN: parent of {s} does not resolve: {p}") def subtree_count(s): return count[s] + sum(subtree_count(c) for c in children[s]) lines = ["---", "tags: [meta]", "---", "", "# Ideas index", "", "Generated by `_scripts/make_ideas_index.py` from idea frontmatter —", "set an idea's `parent:` field to place it; empty parent = main idea.", "Roots ranked by total paper engagement (own + sub-ideas); `[n]` = papers", "engaging that idea directly. Skills check this outline before creating", "a new idea — a candidate that restates any line below links instead.", ""] def emit(s, depth): short = statement[s] if len(short) > 1 and not short[1].isupper(): short = short[0].lower() + short[1:] short = short.split(";")[0] lines.append(f"{' ' * depth}- [[{s}]] `[{count[s]}]` — {short}") for c in sorted(children[s], key=lambda x: (-subtree_count(x), x)): emit(c, depth + 1) for r in sorted(roots, key=lambda x: (-subtree_count(x), x)): emit(r, 0) open(os.path.join(VAULT, "_ideas-index.md"), "w", encoding="utf-8").write("\n".join(lines) + "\n") print(f"wrote outline: {len(roots)} main ideas, {len(ideas) - len(roots)} sub-ideas") # maintain a Sub-ideas section on parent notes (marker-delimited; added/removed as hierarchy changes) START, END = "", "" BLOCK = START + """ ## Sub-ideas ```dataview TABLE WITHOUT ID file.link AS "Sub-idea", status AS Status FROM "ideas" WHERE contains(string(parent), this.file.name) SORT file.name ASC ``` """ + END touched = 0 for s in ideas: path = os.path.join(VAULT, "ideas", f"{s}.md") text = open(path, encoding="utf-8").read() has_block = START in text if children[s] and not has_block: if "\n## Notes" in text: text = text.replace("\n## Notes", "\n" + BLOCK + "\n## Notes", 1) else: text = text.rstrip("\n") + "\n\n" + BLOCK + "\n" open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8").write(text); touched += 1 elif not children[s] and has_block: text = re.sub(re.escape(START) + r".*?" + re.escape(END) + r"\n?", "", text, flags=re.S) open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8").write(text); touched += 1 print(f"sub-ideas sections maintained on {touched} notes") if __name__ == "__main__": main()