TalvikReusable AI Artifacts.
Built to move across AI tools.
An open protocol for reusable AI artifacts that move knowledge across AI tools instead of rebuilding it from scratch.
- Open Source
- MIT Licensed
- Public Preview
- GitHub Discussions Open
Current Status
Phase 0 · Public Preview
MAK4I is early. Here's exactly what exists today, and what's still ahead.
- Documentation
- Available now, covering the protocol's goals and design.
- Protocol specification
- Under active development, not yet finalized.
- Community feedback
- Currently being collected to shape the specification.
- Reference implementation
- Planned for a future phase, not yet built.
Why Talvik?
Open infrastructure for AI knowledge continuity
Talvik is building open infrastructure that enables AI systems to reuse knowledge, preserve context, and work together across platforms.
MAK4I is Talvik's first protocol. Future protocols and developer tools will also be developed under Talvik.
The Problem
Knowledge doesn't travel with you
As teams adopt more AI tools, the same work gets regenerated again and again.
AI tools retain knowledge differently, with no shared standard.
Context becomes trapped inside individual platforms.
Teams repeatedly regenerate artifacts instead of reusing them.
Knowledge continuity is difficult to maintain across tools.
Existing workflows rarely encourage reuse before regeneration.
Why Now?
Fragmentation is still the default
AI adoption is accelerating, but knowledge remains fragmented across tools. Teams repeatedly recreate context, decisions, workflows, and artifacts because each platform generates and retains them differently. MAK4I proposes a common protocol for reuse before this fragmentation becomes the default.
Meet MAK4I
Reusable AI Artifacts
MAK4I standardizes reusable AI knowledge. Memory is only one supported artifact type — MAK4I covers far more.
Core Principle
Check Before Create
MAK4I promotes reuse before regeneration — search first, adapt when possible, and create only as a last resort.
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Need something
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Search existing artifacts
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Reuse
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Adapt
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Only create when nothing suitable exists
High-Level Architecture
A simplified view of how MAK4I fits in
A common layer that AI tools can read from and write to — not a replacement for any of them.
AI Tools & Agents
MAK4I Protocol
Reads and writes artifacts on behalf of connected AI tools.
Reusable AI Artifacts
Memory, context, skills, workflows, and more — standardized.
Registry / Storage
Where artifacts are versioned, discovered, and retrieved.
Integrations shown are illustrative of the target architecture. Not every integration exists today — see the roadmap for what's built versus planned.
Roadmap Preview
Where MAK4I is headed
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Phase 0 — Foundation
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Phase 1 — Protocol Specification
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Phase 2 — Reference Implementation
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Phase 3 — Reusable Artifacts
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Phase 4 — Hosted Registry
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Phase 5 — MCP Integration
Open Source
A protocol, not a product
MAK4I is an open protocol. Talvik builds a commercial ecosystem on top of it.
Open protocol
MAK4I's specification is developed in the open, not behind closed doors.
MIT licensed
Free to use, adapt, and build on without restrictive licensing terms.
Community driven
Direction is shaped by feedback from the developers who use it.