Insight — Universal Multi-Perspective Note Analysis#

25 thinking frameworks to analyze your notes. Works with Obsidian, Flomo, Evernote, Dedao, and any markdown-based note system.

Quick Start#

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/insight                                          # Default analysis
/insight --perspective first --source obsidian     # First Principles
/insight --perspective action --source flomo       # Action Guide
/insight --persona musk --source all               # Musk persona

Multi-Source Support#

SourceFlagSetupObsidian--source obsidianPoint to vault pathFlomo--source flomoMCP token (Settings → MCP)Evernote--source evernoteENEX export or APIDedao--source dedaoExport directoryGeneric Markdown--source mdAny directoryAll Sources--source allSearch everywhere

Search Options#

ParameterDefaultValues--source <s>``obsidian``obsidian / flomo / evernote / dedao / md / all``--search <q>—Free text keyword--time <r>``all``1d / 7d / 1m / 3m / 6m / 1y / all``--note-type <t>``all``original / clip / all``--perspective <p>``defaultSee 25 perspectives below--persona <name>—Character persona--dir <path>notes dirAny path--glob <pattern>``*.mdFile filter--output <mode>``append``append / separate / reply-only``--count <n>``5Notes per session

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25 Analysis Perspectives#

Self-Discovery#

1. Deep Scan (深度扫描)

Surface the hidden assumptions, motivations, and thinking patterns beneath your words. What are you not telling yourself? Range: all notes

2. Inversion Check (反向验证)

Take every conclusion in your notes and flip it. What if the opposite were true? What are you missing by looking only one way? Range: all notes

3. Root Cause Trace (根因追溯)

For every problem mentioned, ask "what caused that?" three times. Move from symptoms to system-level forces. Range: all notes

4. Contradiction Finder (矛盾定位)

Every situation has opposing forces. Find the core tension driving the dynamics — the one contradiction that, if resolved, unlocks everything else. Range: 2 months

5. Blind Spot Reveal (盲区揭示)

Reveal three things in your notes that you can't see about yourself: a pattern you repeat, a topic you skirt, a signal you're undervaluing. Range: 6 months, original notes

6. Mirror Check (镜像自检)

Step outside yourself. Read your notes as if they were written by a stranger. What would you tell this person? Range: all notes

7. Values Extraction (价值提取)

Your notes are a map of what you care about. Extract 3-5 core values from what you spend the most words on. Range: 3 months, original notes

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Emotional & Mental Health#

8. Thought Trap Audit (思维陷阱审计)

Scan for cognitive distortions: all-or-nothing framing, catastrophizing, mind-reading, overgeneralization. For each, build a more balanced view. Range: 1 month, original notes

9. Non-Reaction Scan (非反应扫描)

Identify worries, grievances, and frustrations in your notes. Sort them into two piles: things you can control, and things you can't. Focus energy only on the first. Range: 1 month, original notes

10. Resilience Inventory (心理韧性盘点)

Find evidence of your coping strategies, support systems, and recovery patterns. What inner resources are you already using without noticing? Range: 3 months, original notes

11. Personality Fingerprint (人格指纹)

From your writing style, word choices, and decision descriptions, infer your cognitive preferences. Treat as exploration, not diagnosis. Range: 1 year, original notes | Frequency: low

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Motivation & Direction#

12. Motivation Mapper (动力图谱)

What drives you shows up in your notes — sometimes clearly, sometimes in the gaps. Map what energizes you and what drains you. Range: 6 months

13. Inner Compass (内在罗盘)

Find the recurring questions you keep circling back to. These are clues to what you're really trying to figure out. Range: 6 months

14. Flywheel Blueprint (飞轮蓝图)

Connect your interests, skills, and opportunities into a self-reinforcing loop. What small win could start a compounding cycle? Range: 1 year, original notes

15. Life Script Edit (人生剧本编辑)

Read your notes as scenes in a story. What narrative arc are you in? Which scene needs rewriting? What's the next chapter? Range: 6 months, original notes

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Action & Creation#

16. Next Step Generator (下一步生成器)

Transform every vague intention, worry, and aspiration into a concrete action. Specific, time-boxed, doable tomorrow. Range: 1 year, original notes | Frequency: high

17. Theme Weaver (主题编织)

Look across weeks of notes for emerging threads. What topics, ideas, or questions keep surfacing? What book could your notes become? Range: 1 year, original notes

18. Asset Inventory (资产盘点)

Catalog the knowledge, skills, connections, and tools mentioned in your notes. What do you have that you're not leveraging? Range: 3 months, original notes

19. Counter-Intuitive Mining (反直觉挖掘)

Search for surprising, unexpected, or "that can't be right" moments in your notes. These anomalies often contain the biggest insights. Range: 3 months

20. First Principles Deconstruction (第一性原理拆解)

Take a belief or decision from your notes. Strip away convention, tradition, and "how it's always done." What remains at the physical or logical bottom? Range: all notes, original

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Quick Boost#

21. Daily Wins (每日亮点)

Find yesterday's small victories, moments of pride, and things that went right. Building a habit of noticing progress. Range: 1 day

22. Key Relationships (关键关系)

Identify the people who appear most in your notes. What role do they play? Are these relationships growing or draining you? Range: 3 months

23. Mental Models Audit (心智模型审计)

Analyze your notes through multiple mental models simultaneously. What does each lens reveal that the others miss? Range: all notes

24. Growth Patterns (成长轨迹)

Track changes in your thinking over time. What beliefs have shifted? What used to bother you that doesn't anymore? Range: 1 year, original notes

25. Anxiety Deconstructor (焦虑拆解器)

Break down anxious thoughts into: the observable fact, the interpretation you added, the worst-case scenario, and what's actually in your control. Range: 1 month, original notes

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Quick Reference#

#PerspectiveTimeTypeFreq1Deep Scanallall—2Inversion Checkallall—3Root Cause Traceallall—4Contradiction Finder2mall—5Blind Spot Reveal6moriginal—6Mirror Checkallall—7Values Extraction3moriginal—8Thought Trap Audit1moriginal—9Non-Reaction Scan1moriginal—10Resilience Inventory3moriginal—11Personality Fingerprint1yoriginallow12Motivation Mapper6mall—13Inner Compass6mall—14Flywheel Blueprint1yoriginal—15Life Script Edit6moriginal—16Next Step Generator1yoriginalhigh17Theme Weaver1yoriginal—18Asset Inventory3moriginal—19Counter-Intuitive Mining3mall—20First Principlesalloriginal—21Daily Wins1dall—22Key Relationships3mall—23Mental Models Auditallall—24Growth Patterns1yoriginal—25Anxiety Deconstructor1moriginal—

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Note Type Auto-Detection#

TypeRuleoriginalNo source field in frontmatter, or personal/internal sourceclip``source field contains external URL, platform name, or social media

Overridable via --note-type.

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Persona Integration#

Connect with character-based personas for layered analysis:

PersonaLensmuskPhysics-first deconstruction, cost minimalismmungerMental models, inversion, circle of competencefeynmanExplain-it-simply, question received wisdomjobsSimplicity, product intuition, "one more thing"talebAntifragility, black swans, skin in the gamenavalLeverage, specific knowledge, long-term compoundinggrahamMaker's schedule, startup mindset, essay thinkingzhangAlgorithm-first, delayed gratificationilyaDeep learning intuition, first-principles AIkarpathyHands-on engineering, software 2.0trumpDeal-making, negotiation leveragemrbeastViral optimization, audience attentionsunAttention economics, market positioningmasteryContent growth, monetization strategy

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Output Modes#

ModeBehaviorappendAdd to end of original note with <!--insight:name--> markerseparateCreate standalone: YYYY-MM-DD-[Insight]-title-perspective.md``reply-onlyReturn in chat, don't write to files

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Installation#

bash

cp -r insight/ <agent-skills-dir>/insight/

No external dependencies. Works with any LLM agent that supports skills.