The Vault Method is a practical write-up of how to turn a folder of PDFs, articles and notes into a self-organizing, cross-linked research archive — using a written "rulebook" and an AI agent (Claude) to do the filing, sourcing and cross-referencing, rather than a bespoke piece of software.
It's aimed at academics who read widely across both peer-reviewed literature and news, commentary and other current reporting, and want a cumulative, searchable knowledge base without spending hours a week on manual filing — while keeping every claim traceable back to who said it, and clearly separating peer-reviewed evidence from what a newspaper or commentator merely claims.