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second-brain-backfill
Import a large archive into the vault in controlled batches: triage what is worth ingesting, process oldest first, checkpoint after every batch, and keep cost visible. Use this skill whenever the user wants to import years of bookmarks, an export from another notes app, a downloads folder, a chat history dump, or says "backfill", "bulk import", "process my archive". Do NOT use for ingesting one or a few new sources, which is second-brain-ingest.
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# Backfill an archive
A backfill is where cost and quality both go wrong quietly. Done in the wrong
order it also inverts the vault's history, because later sources should update
pages that earlier ones created.
## Core rule
Oldest first, ten sources per batch, stop for a go-ahead between batches.
## Workflow
1. **Triage before ingesting.** Read titles and first paragraphs. Sort into
worth-ingesting, keep-in-raw, and delete. Most archives are half dead links