Dan Hively danhively

LLM Wiki

A pattern for building personal knowledge bases using LLMs.

This is an idea file, it is designed to be copy pasted to your own LLM Agent (e.g. OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode / Pi, or etc.). Its goal is to communicate the high level idea, but your agent will build out the specifics in collaboration with you.

The core idea

Most people's experience with LLMs and documents looks like RAG: you upload a collection of files, the LLM retrieves relevant chunks at query time, and generates an answer. This works, but the LLM is rediscovering knowledge from scratch on every question. There's no accumulation. Ask a subtle question that requires synthesizing five documents, and the LLM has to find and piece together the relevant fragments every time. Nothing is built up. NotebookLM, ChatGPT file uploads, and most RAG systems work this way.

OpenCode + Kimi For Coding (K2.5) Setup

1. Add credentials

opencode auth login
# Select "Kimi For Coding"
# Enter your API key (sk-kimi-...)

Custom Arch Linux live USB

Setup

Install the dependencies for the archiso package:

(root): pacman -S make squashfs-tools libisoburn dosfstools patch lynx devtools git

I recommend archiso getting them from git, there is a package in the repositories, however, at this time of writing, it will not work with the instructions below. So, grab the most recent version from git and install it:

(user): git clone git://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.git && cd archiso

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	# lcc - Local Claude Code launcher
	# Points Claude Code at a local LLM served by llama.cpp on your GB10 device
	#
	# Usage:
	# lcc <modelname> — launch Claude Code with the specified model
	# lcc <modelname> [args] — pass additional arguments to claude
	# lcc — show help/launch with model if one is available
	#
	# Prerequisites:

	#!/usr/bin/env zsh

	function exportDefaults {
	local outdir="$HOME/defaults"
	local outdirApple="$outdir/apple"
	local outdirUser="$outdir/user"
	local outdirGlobal="$outdir/global"
	local filesdone=0
	local filecount=0
	local filestotal=0

	{
	"final_space": true,
	"console_title": true,
	"console_title_style": "folder",
	"blocks": [
	{
	"type": "prompt",
	"alignment": "left",
	"horizontal_offset": 0,
	"vertical_offset": 0,

	using namespace System.Management.Automation
	using namespace System.Management.Automation.Language

	if ($host.Name -eq 'ConsoleHost')
	{
	Import-Module PSReadLine
	}
	#Import-Module PSColors
	#Import-Module posh-git
	Import-Module -Name Terminal-Icons

	# Install ARCH Linux with encrypted file-system and UEFI
	# The official installation guide (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_Guide) contains a more verbose description.

	# Download the archiso image from https://www.archlinux.org/
	# Copy to a usb-drive
	dd if=archlinux.img of=/dev/sdX bs=16M && sync # on linux

	# Boot from the usb. If the usb fails to boot, make sure that secure boot is disabled in the BIOS configuration.

	# Set swedish keymap

	#! /bin/sh -
	#
	# Install OpenVPN connections for all available
	# regions to NetworkManager
	#
	# Important:
	# This is a modified version of the official Ubuntu script PrivateInternetAccess.com
	# released at https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/install_ubuntu.sh
	# Automatic installation of python and openvpn has been removed, and needs to be
	# installed manually before installation.



	# OBJECTIVE: Install Arch Linux with encrypted root and swap filesystems and boot from UEFI.

	# Note: This method supports both dedicated Arch installs and those who wish to install Arch on a multi-OS-UEFI booting system.

	# External USB HDD/SSD Installers Notes: Encrypted Arch installs can be booted and run from an external USB HDD or SSD, but
	# only when the installation is correctly set up. There are several necessary changes to my standard procedure you'll want
	# to make during the install process. Read my External USB HDD/SSD Installation section below before proceeding.