text

The root type. A markdown file with no frontmatter.

text represents a thought captured before it has enough shape to structure. The absence of frontmatter is the type — no type: text field is needed or possible.

Structural test

• File does not start with ---

Validation

No type-specific schema, title, slug, or link-health checks apply. Repository boundary checks may still apply; see the validation contract.

Semantics

• Text has no implied maturity or verification state.
• When a text file gains frontmatter, conversion never adds user-verified; verification requires a later explicit human attestation.
• A text file that persists without structuring is a candidate for pruning.

Promotion

text → note: add valid note frontmatter with both required fields:

• description — a non-empty retrieval description that discriminates the artifact from nearby notes; and
• type: kb/types/note.md — the path that selects the base note contract.

traits and tags are optional in the note schema; cp-skill-convert initializes both as empty lists. Conversion must leave user-verified absent because only a later explicit human attestation can add it. Use cp-skill-convert or perform the same conversion manually.