Field Manual rev 1.0 May 2026 Compiled from operators, architects, and system playbooks

Company Brain Architecture

A reference architecture for shared company intelligence. Signals become knowledge, knowledge becomes capability, and capability compounds across the organization.

Learn once. Improve everyone.

1

Architecture Overview

Every box is persistent, every connection is logged, and every improvement returns value to everyone.

Company Map

The living model of how we create value.

Vision & Goals
Strategy
Value Streams
Org & Roles
Products & Services
Customers
Processes
Policies
Principles
ID: map:root · coord: (0,y) · ver: live
1Memory

Persistent facts, context, artifacts, and history.

ID: mem:* · coord: (10,y)
2Judgment

Reviewed insights, decisions, preferences, and trade-offs.

ID: jud:* · coord: (20,y)
3Capability

Skills, playbooks, automations, templates, and tools.

ID: cap:* · coord: (30,y)
4Learning

Experiments, results, feedback, and improvement loops.

ID: learn:* · coord: (40,y)

Retrieve

Find the right context, knowledge, and tools.

act:ret:*

Use

Apply in work, decisions, projects, and support.

act:use:*

Output

Deliver artifacts, results, messages, and updates.

act:out:*

Review

Approve, correct, improve, or reject.

gate:rev:*

Update

Save back new facts, knowledge, and skills.

act:upd:*
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Directory Structure

Kebab-case files and folders. IDs are global. Coordinates place nodes in the knowledge graph.

company-map/

The living model of the company.

  • vision.md
  • strategy.md
  • value-streams/
  • org-roles/
  • products/
  • customers/
  • processes/
  • policies/
  • principles.md

ID: map/* · coord: (0,0)

memory/

Persistent context and ground truth.

  • facts/
  • context/
  • docs/
  • reports/
  • conversations/
  • events/
  • metrics/
  • history/

ID: mem/* · coord: (10,y)

judgment/

Reviewed insights and decisions.

  • insights/
  • decisions/
  • trade-offs/
  • preferences/
  • assumptions/
  • reviews/
  • evidence/

ID: jud/* · coord: (20,y)

capability/

Reusable skills and enabled work.

  • skills/
  • playbooks/
  • automations/
  • templates/
  • tools/
  • connectors/
  • libraries/

ID: cap/* · coord: (30,y)

learning/

Learning that compounds capability.

  • experiments/
  • results/
  • feedback/
  • post-mortems/
  • benchmarks/
  • improvements/

ID: learn/* · coord: (40,y)

policies/

Guardrails that protect the system.

  • security.md
  • privacy.md
  • access.md
  • retention.md
  • compliance.md
  • quality.md

ID: pol/* · coord: (x,1)

skills/

Human skills and proficiency.

  • skill-cards/
  • rubrics/
  • levels/
  • certifications/
  • assessments/
  • mentors/

ID: skl/* · coord: (x,2)

workers/

People and team structure.

  • people/
  • teams/
  • roles/
  • onboarding/
  • performance/
  • availability/

ID: wrk/* · coord: (x,3)

decisions/

Decision history and approvals.

  • log/
  • adr/
  • approvals/
  • changes/
  • impacts/
  • links/

ID: dec/* · coord: (x,4)

projects/

Work and outcomes in flight.

  • active/
  • roadmap/
  • backlog/
  • plans/
  • status/
  • closed/

ID: prj/* · coord: (x,5)

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Automations

Seven actions convert raw signals into reviewed, reusable company capability.

IngestCapture, extract, normalize, and add to memory.
ConnectLink entities, tag, dedupe, and map coordinates.
AnalyzeSynthesize insights, detect patterns, and score value.
DecidePropose options, weigh trade-offs, and decide.
ExecuteRun automations and workflows safely.
ReportCreate outputs, notify, and publish results.
MaintainPrune stale items, archive, and optimize indexes.
4

Review Gates

No gate bypass. Every change is accountable.

AR
Auto Review
Low risk, auto-approve.
HR
Human Review
Requires approval.
BR
Board Review
High impact decision.
CR
Compliance Review
Policy or legal impact.
5

Core Guarantees

The minimum promises the architecture must keep.

  • ✓One source of truth
  • ✓Every change is logged
  • ✓Every run is traceable
  • ✓Every improvement returns
4

Knowledge Flow

The system improves with every cycle, moving from source signals into memory, judgment, capability, learning, and updates.

Sources
Ingest
Memory
Context
Judgment
Capability
Learning
Update
More SourcesSignals expand without breaking structure.
Better RetrievalContext, memory, and evidence are easier to find.
Stronger LearningExperiments and feedback improve future work.
Higher QualityBetter judgment produces better outputs at lower cost.
5

Outcomes

Scales with you. Not with token limits.

Context Is PersistentThe company brain survives across sessions and time.
Judgment Is ReviewedDecisions are tested, approved, and audit logged.
Capability CompoundsSkills, playbooks, automations, and tools improve.
Knowledge Is ConnectedEverything is linked, indexed, and referenceable.
Learning AcceleratesEvery cycle turns results into reusable improvement.
Quality ImprovesBetter context and review reduce rework.
Risk DecreasesPolicies, approvals, traceability, and evidence protect the system.
Scales With YouThe architecture grows through structure, not prompt length.
ID

Reference Keys

Identifiers, coordinates, and arrows make every node traceable across the graph.

Sample ID Schema

mem:fact:2026-05-21:invoice-policy jud:dec:price-update:2:approved cap:playbook:customer-onboarding:v1 act:run:invoice-batch:2026-05-21-run7 coord: (20,15) ver: v3.4.0 owner: finance.ops access: team:finops

Arrow Keys and Node Symbols

  • Primary flow: main path from sources to updates.
  • Reference flow: links between persistent stores and processes.
  • Optional flow: secondary relationships when available.
  • Feedback loop: improvements returning into the system.
  • Persistent store, process/function, actor/worker, review gate, identifier, and coordinates.