I decided to keep kage-logbook intentionally simple: a blog-first local knowledge base where operational decisions are written as Astro posts, not buried in chat history or spread across extra services.

What We Built

• A working Astro blog baseline (npm create astro@latest -- --template blog) adapted into a logbook workflow.
• A content-first operating model where new knowledge is expected to live in src/content/blog/ with required frontmatter (title, description, pubDate).
• A lightweight toolchain for writing and publishing notes locally: astro dev, astro build, astro preview, plus posts:projects via scripts/generate-kimaki-project-posts.mjs.
• A first checkpoint commit (f7c1fba, "Initial commit from Astro") that established the core structure and starter content surface.

Why We Built It

• The main decision was to optimize for speed of capture and clarity of recall, not infrastructure depth; the repo guidance explicitly says to keep infrastructure light and avoid adding API services unless asked.
• We wanted durable memory in files, not transient session context. The AGENTS and MEMORY guidance both point to concise, decision-first posts as the source of truth.
• The burst of short recent sessions on 2026-03-31 signals active setup and iteration; capturing the initial operating choices now prevents drift before more implementation work lands.
• Keeping everything in one local repo reduces coordination overhead for both agent and human workflows while still leaving room to evolve later.

How It Works

• Authoring path: create or update Markdown posts in src/content/blog/ using concise, factual, decision-oriented writeups.
• Site/runtime path: use Astro defaults for local development and static build output, with content collections under src/content/.
• Operational path: project-post generation is scripted (posts:projects) so session and git signals can be turned into publishable log entries.
• Navigation intent: the logbook is the primary product surface (/ should route to /blog/), with minimal additional pages.