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type: question
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title: "How does the LLM Wiki pattern work?"
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question: "How does the LLM Wiki pattern work and why is it better than RAG?"
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answer_quality: definitive
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created: 2026-04-07
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updated: 2026-04-07
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tags:
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- question
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- llm-wiki
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- knowledge-management
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status: developing
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related:
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- "[[LLM Wiki Pattern]]"
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- "[[Compounding Knowledge]]"
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- "[[Hot Cache]]"
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- "[[index]]"
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- "[[Wiki vs RAG]]"
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sources: []
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# How does the LLM Wiki pattern work?
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**Question:** How does the LLM Wiki pattern work and why is it better than RAG?
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## Answer
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The [[LLM Wiki Pattern]] turns an LLM into a knowledge architect rather than a search engine.
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**Standard RAG** (Retrieval-Augmented Generation): every query searches raw documents, retrieves chunks, and assembles an answer from scratch. Nothing is built up. Ask the same question twice — it does the same work twice.
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**The wiki pattern** is different. When a source arrives, the LLM reads it and integrates it: updating entity pages, noting contradictions, adding cross-references. The synthesis is done once and persists. Every query benefits from all previous ingests.
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### The three layers
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1. **`.raw/`** — your source documents. Immutable. Claude reads, never modifies.
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2. **`wiki/`** — Claude-generated knowledge. Summaries, entities, concepts, synthesis.
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3. **`CLAUDE.md`** — the schema. Tells Claude how the wiki is structured and what to do.
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### Why it compounds
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See [[Compounding Knowledge]] for the full argument. The short version: each new source doesn't just add one page — it enriches 8-15 existing pages. The connections between pages are where the value lives, not the raw content itself.
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### The hot cache shortcut
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[[Hot Cache]] (wiki/hot.md) is a ~500-word summary of recent context. New sessions read it first. Cross-project references read it first. It prevents re-reading the whole wiki just to answer "where were we?"
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(Source: [[LLM Wiki Pattern]])
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## Confidence
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definitive — this is the core concept the entire vault demonstrates.
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