Recall System
Active recall in Obsidian
Retrieval is what makes things stick — so I built a pipeline around it: consolidate a topic the day I finish it, then recall it in a different mode on a widening schedule. The diagram is live: click any step.
The full writeup (the five stages, the dashboard, and copyable Obsidian templates) lives in the garden: the recall system →. I’ve also written up how it fast-tracked my AWS SAA.
How this feeds the rest of my work with AI → /ai/
seb@sebstack: ~/recall $ dataview --due today
pass a review → advance a stage
miss → drop back a stage
intervals widen: 1 → 3 → 7 → 14 → 60 days
Click a step to inspect it.
Design decisions
Retrieval, not review
Pulling something back from memory is the work that builds it.
A different mode each stage
Free recall, then cued Q&A, then flashcards, then teaching it back.
Widening intervals
1 → 3 → 7 → 14 → 60 days. Each longer gap is a harder test.
Self-adjusting
Pass and you advance; miss and you drop back a stage, so weak topics earn more reps.