Entity Types
Entities are structured knowledge units in your Context Lake. Each entity type has its own purpose and conventions.
Standard Entity Types
Tasks
Actionable items with status tracking. Tasks have IDs, titles, status, and optional project associations.
---
id: "000001"
title: "Review documentation"
status: open
project: WEBSITE
---
# Review documentation
Check all docs for accuracy...Projects
Larger initiatives that contain multiple tasks. Projects have status, descriptions, and can reference related entities.
---
title: "Website Redesign"
status: active
---
# Website Redesign
Complete overhaul of the marketing site...Journal
Daily entries for notes, reflections, and records. Journal entries are typically named by date.
---
date: 2024-01-15
---
# January 15, 2024
Met with the team to discuss...Companies / Organizations
External entities you work with - clients, partners, vendors.
Custom Entities
You're not limited to standard types. Any directory in your lake can
hold entities. Create recipes/, ideas/,
contacts/ - whatever fits your workflow.
Frontmatter
Entity metadata lives in YAML frontmatter at the top of each file. Common fields include:
id- Unique identifiertitle- Display namestatus- Current state (open, active, done, etc.)project- Parent project referencetags- Categorization labels