Test the Johnny.Decimal GPT

I've been training a GPT at OpenAI, home of ChatGPT. It's amazing. The structured nature of Johnny.Decimal lends itself to this very well.

You can try it out here.

https://chat.openai.com/g/g-j7o133XOW-johnny-decimal-architect

Notes

  • Requires a GPT Plus subscription.

  • Will disappear at some point: I'm going to turn this in to some sort of a product, honestly.

    • But y'all are family so help me test now and I'll sort you out later. ā¤ļøļø

Suggested prompts. Works great with 'generate me an area to...'

  • Generate an area to manage my small business

  • Generate an area to manage my knitting hobby, and provide a bash prompt that will create the folders in my file system

Example

Prompt: create a simple area for my knitting hobby, and give me a bash script to create folders

Output:

50-59 Knitting Projects
   51 Pattern Library
      51.01 Cardigans
      51.02 Afghans
      51.03 Mittens
   52 Yarn Stock
      52.01 Alpaca
      52.02 Merino
      52.03 Bamboo
   53 Accessories & Tools
      53.01 Circular Needles
      53.02 Crochet Hooks
      53.03 Gauges & Counters

The bash script:

#!/bin/bash

# Directory for knitting projects
baseDir="Knitting_Projects"

# Creating base and subdirectories
mkdir -p "$baseDir/51_Pattern_Library" "$baseDir/52_Yarn_Stock" "$baseDir/53_Accessories_Tools"

# Creating subdirectories for each category
mkdir -p "$baseDir/51_Pattern_Library/51.01_Cardigans" "$baseDir/51_Pattern_Library/51.02_Afghans" "$baseDir/51_Pattern_Library/51.03_Mittens"
mkdir -p "$baseDir/52_Yarn_Stock/52.01_Alpaca" "$baseDir/52_Yarn_Stock/52.02_Merino" "$baseDir/52_Yarn_Stock/52.03_Bamboo"
mkdir -p "$baseDir/53_Accessories_Tools/53.01_Circular_Needles" "$baseDir/53_Accessories_Tools/53.02_Crochet_Hooks" "$baseDir/53_Accessories_Tools/53.03_Gauges_Counters"

echo "Folders for Knitting Projects have been successfully created."

The bash script needs work: as of this post, it insists on replacing spaces with underscores.

Roadmap

This is great for inspiration, but I see the end goal as an app/executable that you point at your file system ā€“ the messy one that you have today ā€“ and it:

  1. Detects the names of your existing files and folders, ignoring all the cruft that isn't actually your stuff.

  2. Generates a new Johnny.Decimal structure for you using the GPT.

  3. Validates the structure, i.e. confirms the numbers are all consistent.

  4. Confirms that you like it, trying again if not.

  5. Creates those folders in your file system.

Although honestly I've given this about half an hour's thought at this point.

Thoughts?

Discuss this on the forum.