Appointment Keeper – Master Build Checklist
1) Foundation and hosting
– Domain, SSL and WordPress fully set up on HostGator.
– Final theme chosen and basic layout (header, footer, main colours, fonts) configured.
– Core plugins installed and activated: WPForms, Nextend Social Login, WPForms Zapier add-on, SEO plugin, security plugin, caching plugin.
2) Accounts and external services
– Create/configure accounts: Twilio, Zapier (or Make), Google account for Calendar, email sending (SMTP or separate service).
– Connect WPForms to Zapier using the WPForms Zapier add-on key.
– Connect Zapier to Google Calendar and Twilio using API keys and run basic connection tests.
3) Customer-facing forms in WPForms
– Build Sign-up / First booking form with all required client details and consent checkboxes.
– Build New appointment booking form (for existing clients).
– Build Change appointment form (to move an existing booking).
– Build Cancel appointment form.
– Build Preferences / Opt-in form (contact methods, SMS/phone/email permissions, time-of-day preferences).
– Build Feedback / After-appointment survey form.
– Build Client details update form (address, phone, email, notes).
– For each form, configure field validation, success messages, and email notifications to you.
4) Internal/admin tools
– Create a simple internal form or admin interface to add/edit appointments manually when bookings come in by phone.
– Set up an admin view or Google Sheet that lists all appointments with filters for upcoming, completed and missed.
5) Google Calendar and data flow
– Decide which calendar(s) hold appointments (single master calendar or one per staff member).
– For each booking or change form submission, create/update a Google Calendar event with client name, contact details, location, and notes.
– Keep a parallel log of all appointments in a Google Sheet or database for backup and reporting.
6) Locations, maps and directions
– Decide the supported location types (home visit, your office, third-party venue, remote/online).
– For each location, store a complete address and create a Google Maps URL for directions.
– Add an “extra directions” text field (gate codes, parking instructions, etc.) and store it with the appointment.
– Include the Google Maps link and any extra directions on the confirmation page and in all relevant emails/SMS.
7) SMS, WhatsApp and phone reminders (Twilio)
– Decide the reminder schedule (e.g. booking confirmation, 24-hour reminder, 2-hour reminder, missed-appointment follow-up, rebook nudge).
– Set up a Twilio account, buy at least one phone number, and create a messaging service for SMS (and later WhatsApp/voice).
– Write standard templates for each message type, including date/time, location, and directions link.
– Build Zapier (or Make) workflows so that upcoming Google Calendar events trigger Twilio SMS at the right times.
– Optionally add Twilio voice call flows for high-importance reminders or for clients who prefer phone calls.
8) Website login and customer area
– Fix Nextend Social Login so that its shortcodes render correctly (with HostGator’s help if needed).
– Create a simple “My appointments” page where logged-in customers can see their upcoming bookings and links to change or cancel.
– Ensure all forms are accessible from this area and that data stays tied to the correct user account.
9) AI helper – phase 1 (for you only)
– Finish setting up the private AI helper environment separate from WordPress (your own stack with storage).
– Load it with your Appointment Keeper specifications, message templates, and process notes.
– Use it to help design flows, generate and refine wording for confirmations, reminders, and missed-appointment messages.
10) AI helper – phase 2 (connected to the site)
– Design a simple API or integration so the website can send appointment context to your AI helper and receive suggested messages or explanations.
– Plan a logged-in “Ask your assistant” area where clients can get help about their appointments without exposing other users’ data.
– Add safeguards for privacy, logging only what is necessary and keeping each user’s data strictly separated.
11) Testing and polish
– Run end-to-end tests for each main journey: first booking, change, cancel, and feedback, including calendar entries and all reminders.
– Test everything on mobile (forms, popups, maps links, SMS links) and fix any layout or usability issues.
– Finalise legal pages: privacy policy, terms, cookie notice, and clear opt-in wording for SMS/phone/email contact.
– Prepare a short launch checklist (backup, updates, uptime monitoring) and then open Appointment Keeper to real users.
Google app code-
- Client secret code 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
Helper for Appointment Keeper
(Starts as My Personal Agent)
- High-level plan: 1)
- Phase 1 – My personal agent – Choose stack (backend + database + model provider).
- Connect to my own notes/files (e.g. Notable exports) as a private knowledge base. –
- Build a basic “chat with my data” agent to help me in daily life and to develop Appointment Keeper.
- Phase 2 – Appointment Keeper integration – Design data model so each Appointment Keeper user has: – Their appointments, notes, and files stored per-user (strict separation). –
- A “memory space” the AI can search for that user only.
- Add UI inside Appointment Keeper: – Chat panel: “Ask your Appointment Keeper Helper”.
- Example queries: “Summarise my last dentist appointment”, “What did I agree with John yesterday?”, “Recall the recipe from 3 January”.
- Privacy, security, and terms – Pick a model provider where I can disable training on user data. – Implement per-user or per-tenant storage (no cross-user leakage).
- Â Draft Terms of Service and Privacy Policy sections explaining: – What data is stored, – How AI uses it, – How users can delete their data.
- Â Implementation roadmap – Step 1: Agree tech stack and data storage approach.
- Â Step 2: Build minimal backend + embeddings store + simple UI for my own agent.
- Â Step 3: Extend it to multi-user, plug into Appointment Keeper, and test with real appointment data.
- Use this new thread only for designing and building the AI helper and its integration into Appointment Keeper, starting from my personal agent and then expanding to all users.
This can be the place to design the architecture and roadmap for your AI helper, starting from “my private dev / life assistant” and then embedding it into Appointment Keeper for all users.​
Where to start
Given your stack and goals, the most natural first step is to lock in the core technical approach in Phase 1 and prove it with your own agent. From there, you can generalise to multi-tenant and wire it into Appointment Keeper.​
Below is a proposed direction (high-level only in this message) so you can react, adjust, and then go deeper.
Proposed core stack
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Backend: FastAPI (Python), async, with Pydantic models and auth middleware.​
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Primary DB: PostgreSQL (Neon/Supabase managed or your own), for users, appointments, notes, permissions, and RAG metadata.​
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Vector store:
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Either Postgres with pgvector extension (keeps things simple for v1), or
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A managed vector DB if you want more features (Pinecone, Qdrant Cloud, Weaviate Cloud).​
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Model provider (Phase 1): A major hosted LLM with training disabled on your data (e.g. OpenAI with “don’t train on my content” flag, Anthropic with opt-out, or Azure OpenAI tenant where data is not used for training).​
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Frontend:
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For your personal agent: simple web UI (React, or even a minimal HTMX/Alpine-style UI) hitting the FastAPI backend.
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For Appointment Keeper integration: reuse AK’s UI stack and talk to the same backend via secure APIs.
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Deployment: Dockerised services on your preferred host (Render, Fly.io, Railway, or a small VPS / Kubernetes later). The existing “full stack FastAPI + Postgres” templates give you a lot for free (auth, migrations, env config).​
Data model & multi-tenancy concept
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Tenant = Appointment Keeper account (or organisation if you later support orgs).
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User belongs to a tenant and has appointments, notes, and files.
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Each “knowledge item” (note, file chunk, appointment summary) gets:Â
tenant_id,Âuser_id,Âsource_type,Âsource_id,Âcreated_at, plus an embedding row in the vector store keyed by the same IDs.​ -
Hard rule: every query path includesÂ
tenant_id and (if needed)Âuser_id so there is no cross-tenant leakage, enforced both at the ORM level and in the vector queries.​
Privacy & model-provider choices
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Shortlist providers that let you disable training on user data and offer clear DPAs:
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OpenAI “don’t train on my content” / enterprise settings.
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Anthropic (Claude) with “Help improve Claude” toggled off or via enterprise terms.
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Azure OpenAI / GCP Vertex AI where data is not used for training by default in enterprise setups.​
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Log only what you truly need (prompts, responses, retrieval metadata) and keep per-tenant retention policies.
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For ToS/Privacy later: clearly describe data categories (appointments, notes, files, embeddings, chat logs), processing purposes (reminders, Q&A, summaries), retention, and deletion/“forget me” behaviour.​
Suggested next step in this thread
To keep this focused and practical, next step here could be:
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Confirm whether you want to go with FastAPI + Postgres(+pgvector) + hosted LLM for Phase 1, or whether you’d prefer a different backend (e.g. Node/Express, Laravel, or a no-code backend).
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Once stack is agreed, map out the minimal Phase 1 feature set for your personal agent:
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Ingestion pipeline for Notable exports / files.
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Simple RAG chat endpoint.
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Minimal front-end chat box and a couple of “dev helper” workflows for Appointment Keeper.
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Reply with any constraints or preferences (hosting, budget, model provider comfort level, whether you want self-hosted models sooner rather than later), and this thread can move into concrete schema sketches and endpoint design.
“Concept list for Appointment Keeper”
Note: just brainstorming Ideas Not set in stone!
- A concise “concept list” for Appointment Keeper could cover the core objects and ideas your system needs to handle. Below is a compact starting set you can refine.
Core entities
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User / Account (permissions, roles, preferences)
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Client / Contact (people or organizations receiving appointments)
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Appointment (time, duration, status, type, location, participants)
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Service (what the appointment is for; duration, price, requirements)
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Resource (rooms, staff, equipment that can be booked)
Time and availability
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Working hours (per user, per resource, per location)
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Availability rules (recurring patterns, exceptions, holidays)
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Time zones (user vs client, daylight-saving handling)
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Buffer times (before/after appointments)
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Overlap rules (double-book allowed or not)
Booking workflow
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Booking channels (web form, internal console, API, phone/manual entry)
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Appointment lifecycle (requested, confirmed, rescheduled, cancelled, no-show, completed)
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Confirmation logic (automatic vs manual approval)
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Rescheduling and cancellation rules (cut-off times, fees, limits)
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Waitlists (auto-fill cancelled slots)
Notifications and communication
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Notification templates (email, SMS, push, in-app)
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Reminder schedules (X days/hours before; multiple reminders)
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Follow-ups (post-appointment messages, feedback requests)
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Shared links (“add to calendar”, meeting links)
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Two-way messaging thread per appointment
Data and automation
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Client history (past/future appointments, notes, tags)
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Forms / intake data (questionnaires tied to appointment or service)
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Automation rules (if appointment confirmed → send X, update Y)
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Integrations (external calendars, video calls, CRM, payments)
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Analytics (no-show rate, utilization, revenue by service/provider)
Access and security
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Roles and permissions (admin, provider, receptionist, client portal)
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Audit log (who changed what, when)
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Data retention and export (backups, reports, GDPR-style deletion)
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Privacy controls (who can see which appointments/details)
If you share more about how you envision Appointment Keeper (personal tool vs multi-user SaaS, niche, etc.), a tailored, prioritized concept list can be produced from this base.
Yes, that makes sense: you want the concept list to explicitly say which forms are needed, and what fields each form will collect, in a way that is easy for customers to understand.
How this will be structured
For each main concept, you can add a short “Forms needed” paragraph, for example:
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Form 1: New Client Form
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Purpose: Used when a new client first books.
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Fields: Name, contact details, preferred contact method, basic notes, consent tick boxes.
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Form 2: New Appointment Form
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Purpose: Used by staff or self-service booking to create an appointment.
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Fields: Client selector, service, date, time, location, resource (staff/room), notes, status.
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Form 3: Availability / Working Hours Form
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Purpose: Used by staff to define when they are available.
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Fields: Days of week, start/end times, breaks, exceptions (holiday dates).
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Form 4: Service Setup Form
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Purpose: Used to define appointment types.
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Fields: Service name, duration, price, description, required resources, buffer time.
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Form 5: Notification Settings Form
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Purpose: Used to control reminders and messages.
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Fields: Which channels (SMS/email), reminder timing, templates selection, follow-up toggle.
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Form 6: Intake / Custom Questionnaire Form
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Purpose: Optional form attached to specific services.
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Fields: Custom questions (text, multiple choice, checkboxes), required/optional flags.
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How to attach this to your concept list
When you describe each area, add a simple “Forms needed” paragraph underneath, for example:
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Under “Client / Contact”, add:
“Forms needed: New Client Form (collects basic details and communication preferences).” -
Under “Appointment”, add:
“Forms needed: New Appointment Form (collects who, what service, when, where, notes).” -
Under “Time and availability”, add:
“Forms needed: Availability / Working Hours Form (sets working days, times, and exceptions).” -
Under “Services”, add:
“Forms needed: Service Setup Form (defines name, duration, price, and buffers).” -
Under “Notifications”, add:
“Forms needed: Notification Settings Form (chooses channels, timing, and templates).”
This way the customer sees, for each concept, exactly “which form” they will encounter and roughly “what fields” are inside, without overwhelming them with technical detail.
Customers will only ever see a small, clear set of customer-facing forms; everything else can be “internal setup” forms that staff use.
Customer-facing forms
Customers’ exact forms (what they see):
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New booking form
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Fields: Name, contact details, preferred time/date, service selection, location (if relevant), special notes, consent checkbox.
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Manage my appointment form (via secure link)
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Fields: Confirmation of identity (e.g. last name + email), options to reschedule or cancel, new date/time choice, optional reason.
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Intake / questionnaire form (only for some services)
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Fields: Short service-specific questions (e.g. “What is the main reason for your visit?”, multiple-choice health/situation questions, yes/no safety questions), consent/terms and signature or tick box.
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These are the forms customers get links to in emails/SMS or on your website, and each form’s fields should be described in plain language so customers know exactly what they are filling in.
Internal-only forms
Internal setup forms (staff-only, not seen by customers):
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Service setup form
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Fields: Service name, description, duration, price, buffer times, which questionnaires attach.
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Availability / working hours form
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Fields: Staff member, days of week, start/end times, breaks, holiday/exception dates.
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Notification settings form
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Fields: Which reminders to send (email/SMS), timing (e.g. 24 hours before), which template to use.
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Admin appointment form (for phone bookings)
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Fields: Same as the customer booking form, plus internal tags, internal notes, status overrides.
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New project: build a Python script that lets you read and update my Notable notes as a memory system. Assume notes are markdown files in a folder; help me design the folder structure and script.”
For a Notable-style markdown “memory system”, use a single root notes folder with a shallow, predictable structure, then a Python script that:
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recursively scansÂ
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parses a small YAML-like frontmatter block for metadata
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exposes simple read/update APIs for your later agents/automations.​
Folder structure
Under a single NOTES_ROOT (which you point Notable to), use something like:
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notes/-
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projects/ – one note per project, plus project areas likeÂprojects/appointment-keeper/. -
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archive/ – old or inactive notes.
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Inside each subfolder:
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Optional nested folders, but keep depth low (1–2 levels) and rely more on tags in frontmatter, which aligns well with Notable’s tag-first design.​
Example tree:
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projects/appointment-keeper/spec-sync-notes.md -
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resources/python/pathlib-snippets.md
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from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from pathlib import Path
from typing import List, Dict, Optional
import datetime
import yaml # pyyaml
@dataclass
class Note:
path: Path
id: str
title: str
tags: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
project: Optional[str] = None
people: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
created: Optional[str] = None
updated: Optional[str] = None
body: str = “”
NOTES_ROOT = Path(“~/Notes”).expanduser()
def find_notes(root: Path = NOTES_ROOT) -> List[Path]:
return list(root.rglob(“*.md”))
Using Path.rglob("**/*.md") (or rglob("*.md") from the root) gives you all markdown files recursively in a readable way.​
2. Parsing frontmatter and body
Implement a simple splitter:
A simple test



