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# Media Ingest Skill

Ingest video, audio, PDF, book, screenshot, and GitHub repo content into the brain.

> **Filing rule:** Read `skills/_brain-filing-rules.md` before creating any new page.

## Contract

This skill guarantees:
- Every ingested media item has a brain page with analysis (not just a transcript dump)
- Transcripts (video/audio) saved in raw and human-readable formats
- Entity extraction: every person and company mentioned gets back-linked
- Raw source files preserved via `gbrain files upload-raw`
- Filing by primary subject, not by media format

> **Convention:** See `skills/conventions/quality.md` for Iron Law back-linking.

Every mention of a person or company with a brain page MUST create a back-link.

## Phases

### Phase 1: Identify format and fetch

| Format | Action |
|--------|--------|
| YouTube/video URL | Fetch transcript (Whisper, transcription service, or captions) |
| Audio file | Transcribe with available STT service |
| PDF | Extract text (OCR if needed) |
| Book PDF | Extract text, identify chapters/sections |
| Screenshot/image | OCR via vision model, extract text and entities |
| GitHub repo | Clone, read README + key files, summarize architecture |

### Phase 2: Upload raw source

Save the original file for provenance: `gbrain files upload-raw <file> --page <slug>`

### Phase 3: Create brain page

File by primary subject (not format). Use this template:

```markdown
# {Title}

**Source:** {URL or file path}
**Format:** {video/audio/PDF/book/screenshot/repo}
**Created:** {date}

## Summary
{Key points, not a transcript dump}

## Key Segments / Highlights
{For video/audio: timestamped highlights. For books: chapter summaries.}

## People Mentioned
{List with links to brain pages}

## Companies Mentioned
{List with links to brain pages}
```

### Phase 4: Entity extraction and propagation

For every person and company mentioned:
1. Check brain for existing page
2. Create/enrich if needed (delegate to enrich skill)
3. Add back-link from entity page to this media page
4. Add timeline entry on entity page

A media item is NOT fully ingested until entity propagation is complete.

### Phase 5: Sync

`gbrain sync` to update the index.

## Output Format

Brain page created with summary, highlights, and entity cross-links. Report to user:
"Ingested {title}: {N} entities detected, {N} pages updated."

## Anti-Patterns

- Dumping raw transcripts without analysis
- Skipping entity extraction ("I'll do that separately")
- Filing by format (all videos in `media/videos/`) instead of by subject
- Not preserving raw source files
- Creating stub pages without meaningful content

From ltdrew/Agent-brain-2, MIT.

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