v2.0.0: Seven-Pillar Ontology

ArchitectKB v2.0.0 - Seven-Pillar Ontology

A complete restructuring of how knowledge is organised in your architecture vault.

The Seven Pillars

Pillar	Nature	Location	Purpose
Entities	Things that exist	Root	Actors and objects in the world
Nodes	Units of knowledge	Root	Understanding that persists
Events	Things that happen	Folders	Temporal occurrences
Views	Aggregated data	Root	Reports and dashboards
Artifacts	External resources	Attachments/	Reference materials collected
Governance	Rules & standards	Sync/	Policies and guardrails
Navigation	Finding aids	Root (_ prefix)	Help locate content

Core Principle: Events happen TO entities and ABOUT nodes. Views aggregate data. Governance constrains decisions. Artifacts provide reference.

What's Included

Component	Count	Purpose
Claude Code Skills	62	AI-assisted workflows
Note Templates	32	Structured templates for all note types
Automation Hooks	11	Quality enforcement and workflow automation
User Guides	7	Comprehensive documentation

Key Changes

• New pillar field - All notes now declare their pillar (entity, node, event, view, governance, navigation)
• Relationship fields - nodeRelationships and entityRelationships on all content notes
• Folder restructuring - Events in dedicated folders (ADRs/, Projects/, Tasks/)
• Navigation prefix - MOCs and Dashboards use _ prefix for sorting
• 12 new templates - Concept, Pattern, Capability, Theme, Location, ArchModel, Workstream, Forum, Email, Policy, Guardrail, and more

Breaking Changes

See CHANGELOG.md for complete migration guide including:

• Folder renames (removed + prefix)
• File renames (Person prefix, _ for navigation)
• Frontmatter field additions

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/DavidROliverBA/ArchitectKB.git
cd ArchitectKB
npm install
npm run vault:index

Then open in Obsidian and start with _Dashboard.md.