chitta.md — system map

"yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ" — yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of chitta.

— patañjali, yoga sūtras 1.2

the problem

ai agents have no context on you

every agent reads AGENTS.md for the codebase and SOUL.md for itself. but there's no standard for the human — no file that says "here's who I am, how I think, how to work with me."

the solution

chitta.md — your human spec file

structured like the yoga sūtras model of consciousness. a living document that captures your worldview, decision frameworks, patterns, identity, and current focus — readable by both humans and ai.

for humans

a philosophical personal site

a knowledge graph of influences, mental models, and traditions — documenting how you think, not just what you've done. the examined life, made navigable.

for agents

an ingestible context package

ai agents read chitta.md to understand your working style, decision frameworks, values, and current focus — enabling collaboration that feels like working with someone who actually knows you.

01 the architecture of chitta

01 दर्शन

darshana

worldview — philosophical operating system

the raw source material. thinkers, frameworks, traditions that shape how you see reality. the deepest layer.

references/ models/ collections/

02 बुद्धि

buddhi

discernment — how I think

the distilled frameworks you actually use to make decisions. informed by darshana, but practical and personal.

frameworks.md principles.md tradeoffs.md

03 संस्कार

saṃskāra

patterns — accumulated experience

working style, communication preferences, professional history. the grooves worn by years of practice.

background.md style.md tools.md

04 अहंकार

ahaṃkāra

identity — what I stand for

values, roles, boundaries. the sense of self that chooses what to engage with and what to refuse.

values.md roles.md boundaries.md

05 स्मृति

smṛti

memory — living context

current focus, hard-won lessons, the influences that persist. what's active in consciousness right now.

now.md lessons.md influences.md

06 वृत्ति

vṛtti

fluctuations — the dynamic layer

interests, writing, evolution. the surface of consciousness — always moving, always changing.

interests.md writing/ changelog.md

02 how they feed each other

दर्शन

darshana

worldview

→ informs

बुद्धि

buddhi

discernment

→ shapes

संस्कार

saṃskāra

patterns

→ expresses as

अहंकार

ahaṃkāra

identity

smṛti — the thread

memory draws from darshana (influences), is shaped by saṃskāra (lessons), and feeds back into buddhi (frameworks refined by experience). it connects all layers.

vṛtti — the surface

fluctuations are the visible expression of everything below. writing emerges from buddhi, interests are pulled by darshana, and the changelog tracks how ahaṃkāra evolves.

04 how agents use chitta.md

coding agent

reads buddhi + saṃskāra

understands your decision frameworks and working style before writing code or making architectural choices.

$ cat chitta/buddhi/frameworks.md
→ prefers via negativa, values optionality

writing agent

reads darshana + vṛtti

knows your intellectual influences and current interests to match your voice and reference your actual frameworks.

$ cat chitta/vrtti/interests.md
→ currently exploring: agent standards

collaboration agent

reads ahaṃkāra + smṛti

understands your values, boundaries, and current context to communicate and prioritize the way you would.

$ cat chitta/ahamkara/boundaries.md
→ won't: ship without testing