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“For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” -1 Corinthians 3:11
Welcome to Hevel's Digital Garden
Hevel is a brand and digital garden founded by Jason G., combining biblical wisdom and digital sovereignty to transform local-first Obsidian vaults into augmented intelligence systems. A Digital Garden is a bi-directionally linked knowledge network, a “Wiki” published directly from a local-first Markdown vault, prioritizing continuous idea cultivation and non-linear exploration over static, chronological blogging.
Our Expertise
Explore the primary knowledge pillars cultivated across this website:
| District | Core Focus & Flagship Concept | Key Flagship Note |
|---|---|---|
| Agentic AI & Harnesses | Context engineering, MCP registries, and deterministic agent orchestration | Agentic Harness & AI Context |
| Augmented Intelligence | Extended Mind Theory, biological memory expansion, and “True AI” | Augmented Intelligence |
| Vault Architecture & YAML | Local-first file systems, plain-text longevity, and metadata metacognition | How to build your vault |
| Empirical Data Science | Signal extraction, APPASA protocol, and Big Picture dashboards | Data Science & Empirical Signal Extraction |
| Faith & Sovereignty | Biblical alignment, psalm wisdom, and moral sovereignty | Hevel Philosophy |
Faith + Tech = Truth
Our generation is marked by a technological turning point; Artificial Intelligence, an alternate rendering of knowledge.
Artificial means:
- Imitative
- Unnatural
- Forced
- Simulated
- Replicative
- Substitutive
Now, true intelligence is:
- Successful Adaptation
- Comprehension (reformulating ideas)
- Planned realizations
- TRUE data and information recalling
Try placing these definitions beside each other
AI engineers are now becoming context engineers. AI models have hit a threshold of performance, the best AIs are no longer the best models. As a matter of fact, an agentic harness is much more powerful than an AI Model. 9x more powerful.
I don’t want to sell agentic harnesses to you. I want you to build your own.
If you want me to build it for you and to teach you how to use it, pay me.
“If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.” -Ecclesiastes 10:10
AI for Augmented Intelligence
Augmented Intelligence is an exercise in which a person delegates cognitive functions to external tools (address book, notebooks, media libraries or any other data point).
When used in the right way, augmented intelligence may bridge machine to human communication and deal with information overflow.
All you need is Obsidian
Obsidian is a note taking app that writes markdown notes directly in your computer’s file system.
An organized and thoughtful vault (main folder) requires no extensive study/knowledge and is the gate to local data sovereignty, Agentic AI and augmented context.
This whole website is done with Obsidian. I simply write markdown notes on my computer or phone and publish them online.
You can also link notes in obsidian like this to connect structures, thoughts and ideas. We call it the Second brain.
What is the bridge of Human - AI communication?
YAML (Yaml Ain’t Markup Language): A structured metadata standard created in 2001 that serves as the native Human-AI communication bridge.
In an Obsidian note, you may, at the beginning of every note insert a YAML property table. A YAML property table is a list of properties of the note you are writing.
All you have to do is type ”---” at the beginning of a note.
For example, this very note has this YAML table on top of it:
---
title: index
publish: true
created: 2026-07-10
modified: 2026-08-27
author: Jason
description: Sovereign Technology & Agentic AI Architect Lab, Faith, Geopolitics, and Knowledge Garden by Jason G.
tags: [AI, Technology, Faith, Geopolitics, Obsidian]
aliases: [home, here]
--- Augmented Intelligence is the simple task of filling these properties manually. You may use other classification properties (type, links, role, status, etc.). You are free to design your YAML properties as you want (make sure to create templates (IYKYK)).
By adding classification to your notes you create a cognitive layer that is as easy to understand to human as it is for any computer system. For AI enthusiasts, it also is the most token efficient way to inject context and instructions to prompts and documents.
Why is this important?
I don’t have to explain this to administrators. But, Why do you use a computer file system from the 70’s?
For creators, developers, writers, searchers and any other type of knowledge worker, pairing augmented and artificial intelligence will supercharge your digital environment.
Imagine:
- All of your saved images, songs and videos named and organized in structured folders
- Accessible from your phone and computer internal storage
- Connects to AI IDEs and used to build agentic AIs
- Create a digital brain
- Create a brand
- Augmented search and organization
- Become a context engineer; the most in demand skill ever
From an existential standpoint, augmented intelligence is a shield against psyops and propaganda. Building context for yourself keeps you from relying on another’s vision.
Big data companies such as Google, Capital One and Amazon are all using Obsidian for this very end. You can do it too if you start organizing your digital life.
Please, when you start building your second brain, use AI to perfect it, not build it. You don’t want to amplify Artificial Intelligence, you want to amplify your Augmented Intelligence.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is Hevel?
Hevel is an autonomous intelligence lab and digital garden founded by Jason G. It synthesizes biblical wisdom, digital sovereignty, and local-first knowledge systems to help individuals transform personal Obsidian vaults into deterministic augmented intelligence environments.
What is an Agentic Harness?
An Agentic Harness is a structured local workspace environment that constrains and orchestrates Large Language Models into reliable execution partners. It provides the essential context layers (instructions, workspace rules, persistent memory, and MCP tool registries) needed to eliminate AI hallucinations and cognitive drift.
What is Augmented Intelligence (True AI)?
Augmented Intelligence is the intentional expansion of human intellect through external digital tools. Rather than replacing human agency with automated black-box algorithms, Augmented Intelligence anchors personal memory, research, and models to a sovereign, deterministic knowledge base.
Why use local Markdown files instead of cloud databases?
Plain-text Markdown files provide 100% digital sovereignty, zero platform lock-in, and indefinite longevity. Unlike proprietary cloud silos (Notion, Evernote), local Markdown files are universally portable, privately owned on physical hardware, and natively readable by local AI models without API friction.