Guides
Guides for knowledge your agents write
How to set up a knowledge base that AI agents maintain, and how to keep it accurate. Useful whether or not you use Knowtarium.
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The big picture.
Explainer
Company brain: what it is and how to build one for AI agents
The shared memory people and AI agents work from, and how to build one as files your agents maintain.
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AI second brain: notes your agents write and you can trust
Notes your agents write and link for you, without losing track of what's true and who wrote it.
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Guides
Step by step.
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LLM wiki: how to build one and keep it accurate
Karpathy's agent-maintained wiki, set up step by step, plus the review layer it's missing.
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Claude Code second brain: setup and review workflow
Run Claude Code in your notes folder or Obsidian vault, and see and approve what it changes.
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How to review what AI agents change in your notes
Git, permissions and a review workflow that catches bad edits before you rely on them.
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AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md for a knowledge base
What to put in the instructions file your agents read, with a template to copy.
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How to make AI agents cite sources in your knowledge base
Require a source for every claim, record it in frontmatter, and check it with a second agent.
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Migrate an Obsidian vault to OKF and keep using Obsidian
What changes, what stays the same, and how to keep using Obsidian afterwards.
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Comparisons
Pick the right tool.
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Obsidian alternatives in 2026
Nine Obsidian alternatives, and which one fits working with AI agents.
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Knowtarium vs Obsidian
Obsidian is built for a person writing notes. Knowtarium is an encrypted knowledge base your agents work in, with every change signed and undoable.
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Knowtarium vs Basic Memory
Both give AI agents a markdown knowledge base over MCP. Where they differ: encryption, signed history, review and teams.
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Knowtarium vs Notion
A cloud workspace with AI built in, or an end-to-end encrypted knowledge base your own agents work in.
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Knowtarium vs Logseq
An open-source app for writing your own notes, or an encrypted knowledge base your agents work in.
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Knowtarium vs NotebookLM
Google's research notebook, now Gemini Notebook, or a lasting, encrypted knowledge base your own agents work in.
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Knowtarium vs Slite
A team knowledge base in the cloud, or a personal, end-to-end encrypted one your agents work in.
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Knowtarium vs Mem
An AI notes assistant that reads your notes, or an encrypted knowledge base your own agents work in.
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