# Sparks folder cleanup suggestions
## The core problem

The Sparks folder is a landing zone that was never cleaned up. It has at least four distinct categories mixed together:

1. **ISO 27001/27002 content** — notes that belong in the Corpus proper, tagged with `isotags` and a `notetype`
2. **Platform/product notes** — ISO27DIY-specific stuff (blurbs, prompts, design docs, partner lists)
3. **Tooling/dev notes** — Supabase, Rasa, LLM prompts, Bolt.new, Git, etc.
4. **Clutter/stubs** — single-link notes, raw dumps, files that are clearly just placeholders

Several notes also have zero frontmatter at all.

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## Suggested steps

**Step 1: Triage first, don't reorganize yet**

Before moving anything, do a first pass and tag each note with a simple `status` value in the frontmatter. This can be done quickly because most notes make it obvious within 10 seconds which bucket they're in.I'd suggest three values:
- `promote` (ready or near-ready to move into the Corpus), 
- `develop` (has substance but needs work),  
- `archive` (not ISO content, or irrelevant). 

**Step 2: Separate non-ISO content**

Notes like `Bolt.new prompt.md`, `Blurbs.md`, `Rules to get better code.md`, `SurveyJS.md`, `slot_config_schema.sql` etc. have no place in an ISO 27001 corpus. Move them to a `iso27diy-corp/Product` or `iso27diy-corp/Dev` folder. Don't delete anything yet.

**Step 3: Add frontmatter to `promote` candidates**

For notes that are ready to move, add the required frontmatter: `notetype`, `language`, `status: active`, and `isotags`. The `_Corpus-metadata.md` gives you everything you need. Start with the most mature notes — `Shadow IT risks`, `Ransomware`, `Risk management`, `Access Control` are obvious candidates.

**Step 4: Move promoted notes to the right Corpus location**

Once frontmatter is in place, move them to the appropriate subfolder in Corpus (MoCs, Literature notes, etc. depending on `notetype`). Notes without a clear home yet stay in Sparks until you know where they belong.

**Step 5: Deal with stubs last**

Notes like `Awareness.md` (single wikilink, nothing else) and `Governance.md` (three links, no content) are either index notes waiting to grow, or orphans. Decide then: expand them or merge them into a MoC.

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The subfolders `About iso27diy`, `C4 model for software development`, `Context, Strategy, and Leadership`, and `ISMS` probably need the same triage treatment — want me to check what's in those too before you start?