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MAK4I

Memory, Artifacts & Knowledge for Intelligence

An open protocol for reusable AI artifacts — built so knowledge can move across tools instead of being trapped inside one.

The Problem

AI knowledge doesn't travel

Every AI tool retains knowledge differently, and context rarely survives a switch between platforms. Teams end up regenerating the same artifacts — architecture summaries, workflows, decisions — again and again, because there's no shared way to carry that work forward.

The Solution

A common protocol for reusable artifacts

MAK4I standardizes how reusable AI knowledge is structured, stored, and retrieved. Rather than tying knowledge to a single assistant or platform, it defines a portable format that any compatible tool can read from and write to.

Reuse Discipline

Check Before Create

  1. 1

    Need something

  2. 2

    Search existing artifacts

  3. 3

    Reuse

  4. 4

    Adapt

  5. 5

    Only create when nothing suitable exists

Artifact Categories

Three kinds of reusable knowledge

MAK4I organizes artifacts into three broad categories.

Procedural

  • Deployment workflows
  • Engineering standards
  • Issue triage
  • Automation

Semantic

  • Architecture
  • Schemas
  • API contracts
  • Domain knowledge

Episodic

  • History
  • Decisions
  • Incident reviews
  • Retrospectives

Competitive Positioning

A protocol, not a memory feature

Most AI memory features are built into a single product and stay there. MAK4I takes a different approach: it's an open, tool-agnostic protocol focused on portability and reuse across an ecosystem of AI tools, rather than deeper retention within any one of them.

Roadmap

What's next

  1. 1

    Phase 0 — Foundation

  2. 2

    Phase 1 — Protocol Specification

  3. 3

    Phase 2 — Reference Implementation

  4. 4

    Phase 3 — Reusable Artifacts

  5. 5

    Phase 4 — Hosted Registry

  6. 6

    Phase 5 — MCP Integration