{"slug":"gemini-ask-a-markdown-note-and-save-only-the-turns-i-keep","title":"Ask Gemini about a markdown note and save only the turns I keep","summary":"Gemini handles this as a draft: Ask a question beside a note, with only the context you choose. Nothing is written back until you save specific turns.","agent":"Gemini","agentSlug":"gemini","category":"Research","categorySlug":"research","roles":["Student"],"roleSlugs":["student"],"industries":["Education"],"industrySlugs":["education"],"jobs":["research"],"topic":"Learning","topicSlug":"learning","score":18,"difficulty":"easy","estCost":"Your own model key. The post says the browser calls the provider directly and the app does not sell a model. A Gemini call is whatever that key bills.","costTier":"low","timeSaved":"Re-explaining a note you already wrote. An estimate, not a measurement.","prompt":"Answer from the note context I chose and nothing else. If the answer is not in that context, say it is not in the note.\n\nContext I am allowing (one of: nothing else, this outline, this document, documents this page links to):\n[CONTEXT]\n\nQuestion:\n[QUESTION]\n\nDo not write into my notes. Do not browse past the context I allowed. Do not invent a citation. I will save a turn only if I explicitly keep it.","steps":[{"title":"Open the note and start the chat on that line","detail":"The post says type /Agent on a line in an EtherPK document. Pick how much the model may read: nothing else, the outline, the document, linked pages, or the whole graph."},{"title":"Connect a key you control","detail":"The post's worked example is Gemini through OpenRouter, with the key staying on the device. Set a spending limit on the key. The page says Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama, and LM Studio are options."},{"title":"Save only the turns you want","detail":"The model can only read. Saved turns become ordinary outline blocks. Leave the rest unsaved."}],"sourceUrl":"https://blog.etherpk.com/agent-chat-ask-a-language-model-about-your-notes","sourceNote":"EtherPK blog post dated 2026-10-15. The page returned HTTP 200 on 17 Oct 2026. It describes /Agent inside a markdown note, a choice of how much context is sent, a read-only model, and saving only selected turns. The screenshots are a Gemini chat. Prompt and stop rules are an AI Playbook Gems adaptation, not a vendor quote; unverified.","date":"2026-10-17","verified":false,"status":"unverified","sponsorUrl":"","metrics":[{"label":"Hands-on time","value":"Choosing the context and deciding which turns to keep"},{"label":"You still approve","value":"Writing anything back into the note"}],"faq":[{"question":"Has this Gemini playbook been re-run for the catalog?","answer":"No. Status is unverified. The EtherPK post was checked on 17 Oct 2026. The prompt is an adaptation."},{"question":"What stays human?","answer":"What the model is allowed to read, and which turns are saved. Unsaved chat stays out of the note."}],"url":"https://aiplaybookgems.com/usecases/gemini-ask-a-markdown-note-and-save-only-the-turns-i-keep","jsonUrl":"https://aiplaybookgems.com/api/usecases/gemini-ask-a-markdown-note-and-save-only-the-turns-i-keep"}