PARA Method

Wai organizes artifacts using the PARA method — a system for organizing digital information into four categories:

Projects

Active work with a defined goal and deadline. Each project has its own directory under .wai/projects/ containing research notes, plans, designs, and handoff documents.

.wai/projects/my-app/
├── .state           # Phase state machine (YAML)
├── research/        # Date-prefixed research notes
├── plans/           # Date-prefixed plan documents
├── designs/         # Date-prefixed design documents
└── handoffs/        # Date-prefixed handoff documents

Areas

Ongoing areas of responsibility with no end date. These live under .wai/areas/.

Resources

Reference material and reusable assets. Stored under .wai/resources/:

.wai/resources/
├── agent-config/    # Single source of truth for agent configs
│   ├── skills/
│   ├── rules/
│   ├── context/
│   └── .projections.yml
├── templates/
└── patterns/

Archives

Completed or inactive items moved here for reference. Located at .wai/archives/.

Moving between categories

Use wai move to reclassify items as their status changes:

wai move my-app archives    # Archive a completed project