The Company Brain Blog
Deep, sourced guides on building a company brain that AI agents can safely use. Patterns, comparisons, governance playbooks, and the operational rhythm of running source-approved knowledge for teams.
- Playbook
From Onboarding Doc to Org Operating System: A 30-Day Plan to Bootstrap Your Company Brain
A week-by-week plan for building a governed company brain in 30 days. Roles, sources, exclusions, daily cadence, and the failure modes I see teams hit most.
- Standards
AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md vs SKILL.md: The 2026 Field Guide for Teams
Three files. Three audiences. One question every team asks once they pass three repos: which one owns the rule? Here is the answer, with worked examples.
- Pattern
Beyond Karpathy's LLM Wiki: Why Your Company Brain Needs a Source-Approval Layer
Karpathy's LLM wiki gist hit 5,000 stars in two weeks. Almost nobody is asking the question that matters the moment a second person joins the wiki: who approves what the agent writes back?
- Operations
The Brain Owner Playbook: Daily, Weekly, Monthly Rhythm for Your Company's AI Memory
The Brain Owner is the missing role in every AI-knowledge-base setup. Here is the daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly rhythm that keeps the brain honest, scoped, and audit-ready.
- Governance
What Belongs Outside Your Company Brain: The Exclusion List Every Founder Should Write This Week
Before any source flows into an AI knowledge base, write the one-page list of things that must never enter it. Thirty minutes of work, and the cheapest insurance you will ever buy.