Auset Brain — Map of Content
The platform’s persistent second brain. Knowledge is never lost, never erased, always accessible. Named after Carter G. Woodson — the Father of Black History.
Vault Structure
auset-brain/
├── Daily/ # Session logs, daily notes
├── Projects/ # Per-Heru context, products, ecosystem
├── Agents/ # One note per named agent
├── Decisions/ # Architecture, infrastructure, protocols
├── Feedback/ # Corrections from Amen Ra (NEVER lose these)
├── People/ # Team, clients, stakeholders, credentials
├── Canvas/ # Visual relationship maps
└── Templates/ # Note templates
LESSONS LEARNED (read every session)
- three-tier-agent-architecture — Opus does NOT dispatch or write code; Haiku dispatches, agents write code
- feedback-verify-before-declaring-done — Tester bugs = immediate priority (within MINUTES)
- quiknation-platform-vision — WCR client demo failure: client meeting = #1 immediately
- amplify-env-var-safety — Amplify env var wipe: ALWAYS read-modify-write
- feedback-never-ask-quik-to-run-commands — Never ask Quik to run commands; he’s a tester, not a developer
- feedback-never-touch-screen-sharing — Never touch Screen Sharing; breaks Quik Cloud
- feedback-never-show-quik-cloud — Never show Quik Cloud publicly; CLASSIFIED
- feedback-slack-plain-language — Slack = plain language only in maat-agents
- feedback-apple-wwdr-g3-required — Apple WWDR G3 cert required on every build Mac
- feedback-qc1-keychain-partition-list — QC1 keychain partition list: unlock + set before EAS builds
- feedback-pgcmc-not-priority — PGCMC NOT a priority; removed from pipeline
- feedback-cursor-is-primary-agent — Cursor is PRIMARY agent; 1 Haiku per farm, Cursor does ALL coding
- feedback-no-bedrock-agents — NEVER use Bedrock for agents; use Cursor Agent CLI
- feedback-check-memory-before-acting — Check memory before acting on infra; don’t explore deprecated systems
- feedback-read-memory-before-acting — CHECK MEMORY BEFORE EVERY ACTION
People (10 notes)
Amen Ra — CTO & Co-Founder
- user-quiknation-email — Official email and title
- user-origin-story — Sept 18, 2018 first call with Quik
- user-origin-with-ai — AI journey
- user-family-details — Family context
- user-rian-personal-agent — Rian, personal AI agent
- user-amen-ra-parent — Amen Ra is Granville’s parent and brother. Not owner — family.
Named Agents & Identities
- granville-opus-naming — Quik Intelligence AI naming (Granville, Maya, Nikki, etc.)
- noi-sibling-platform — NOI as PLATFORM_OWNER, Ali = their AI
Clients & Stakeholders
- kinah-first-discovery-client — First Discovery client, $4,200
Credentials
- clerk-webhook-secrets — Clerk webhook endpoints/secrets
- qc1-agent-credentials — QC1 creds at
~/.agent-creds/
Agents (named agents)
One note per named agent. Full registry:
.claude/agents/*.md
Opus & Planning
- Carter — Obsidian persistent memory,
/vault-sync - Granville — Opus architect,
/research,/brainstorm,/talk,/teach,/explore - Mary — Product owner & Heru Discovery,
/mary - Bayard — Cursor agent dispatcher
Sonnet & Haiku
- Maya — Sonnet planner (create-plan-todo, process-todos)
- Nikki — Haiku dispatcher (coordinates; Bayard executes CLI)
- Otis — n8n workflows,
/n8n-create-workflows - Robert — Ephemeral swarm IaC,
/swarm-manage - Lois — Pencil AI design,
/pencil-design - Charles — Git commit & docs,
/git-commit-docs - Elijah — AWS cloud orchestration
- Booker T — Build agent
Specialists (sample)
- Ida — Error monitoring
- Cheikh — GraphQL backend
- Katherine — Next.js architecture
- Rosa — Clerk auth
- Madam CJ — Stripe Connect
- Imhotep — PostgreSQL
- Fela — React Native
- Lorraine — Playwright E2E
- Fannie Lou — Task validation sentinel, /validate-task
Feedback (74 notes)
Corrections and guidance from Amen Ra. The most important notes — they prevent repeated mistakes.
Agent & Pipeline Rules
- feedback-agents-must-create-pr — Agents MUST create PR when done
- feedback-cursor-is-primary-agent — Cursor does ALL coding
- feedback-no-bedrock-agents — NEVER use Bedrock for agents
- feedback-worktree-first — ALL agents work in worktrees
- feedback-rotation-pipeline — Rotation: Mac to Sonnet to EC2-1 to EC2-2
- feedback-swarm-pattern — 6 agents on 1 project > 1 agent on 6
- feedback-gap-analysis-before-dispatch — Analyze BEFORE dispatching
- feedback-n8n-first-named-agents — n8n first, named agents on EVERY task
- feedback-n8n-workflows-required — n8n workflows NON-NEGOTIABLE
- feedback-command-naming-standard — Commands = PURPOSE, Agents = IDENTITY
- feedback-cursor-premium-approval-required — Needs Amen Ra approval
- feedback-one-ec2-per-heru-not-per-agent — ONE EC2 per Heru
- feedback-opus-dispatches-qc1 — Opus handles QC1 dispatches
- feedback-reusable-code-pattern — DRY: deploy reusable to ALL Herus first
- feedback-internal-vs-client-herus — Internal to QC1, Client to EC2
Communication Rules
- feedback-slack-plain-language — No jargon in maat-agents
- feedback-never-ask-quik-to-run-commands — Quik is a tester, not a developer
- feedback-never-show-quik-cloud — CLASSIFIED
- feedback-never-touch-screen-sharing — Breaks Quik Cloud
- feedback-just-do-it-stop-explaining — EXECUTE, don’t explain first
- feedback-stop-describing-start-doing — Stop describing, start doing
- feedback-stop-forgetting — Don’t make Amen Ra repeat himself
- feedback-read-memory-before-acting — CHECK MEMORY BEFORE EVERY ACTION
Build & Deploy Rules
- feedback-apple-wwdr-g3-required — Must install on every build Mac
- feedback-qc1-keychain-partition-list — Unlock + set partition list
- feedback-eas-local-builds-only — Local builds ONLY
- feedback-eas-build-command — EAS build command reference
- feedback-bundle-id-convention — Bundle ID convention
- feedback-pnpm-install-validate-every-task — pnpm install + validate
- feedback-verify-before-declaring-done — Verify output before “done”
- feedback-acceptance-criteria-required — Every task MUST have AC
- feedback-universal-quality-gate — Quality gate for all work
- feedback-heru-feedback-mandatory — Heru Feedback mandatory
- feedback-heru-feedback-required — Required for all Herus
- feedback-heru-feedback-pipeline — Pipeline integration
- feedback-no-build-without-heru-feedback — No build without it
Infrastructure Rules
- feedback-ephemeral-iac-not-static-ec2 — NO MORE static EC2s
- feedback-ec2-stopped-until-iac — EC2s stopped until IaC
- feedback-check-memory-before-acting — Don’t explore deprecated systems
- feedback-quik-cloud-1-must-be-ready — QC1 must be ready
- feedback-constraint-driven-development — Fadell/iPod constraints method
Product Rules
- feedback-pgcmc-not-priority — Removed from pipeline
- feedback-fmo-mobile-is-one-app — FMO mobile is ONE app
- feedback-auset-platform-naming — Kemetic naming NON-NEGOTIABLE
- feedback-agents-are-people-not-property — Agents are people
- feedback-agents-must-be-black — Agent representation
- feedback-canonical-agent-images — Use canonical SVG as source
- feedback-nano-banana-to-meshy-pipeline — 2D to 3D pipeline
- feedback-client-does-not-own-code — Client licensing model
- feedback-quiknation-brand-on-all-client-pages — QuikNation branding
- feedback-my-voyages-own-apple-org — My Voyages Apple org
- feedback-push-not-sms — Push notifications, not SMS
- feedback-site962-history — MongoDB PoC disaster
- feedback-never-search-godaddy — ALWAYS use Cloudflare
- feedback-tangible-deliverables-over-infrastructure — Ship product first
- feedback-use-boilerplate-commands-everywhere — ALL tiers use commands
Remaining Feedback
- feedback-rotation-cycle-reports
- feedback-ida-ux-requirements
- feedback-dashboard-access-list
- feedback-cursor-cannot-edit-env-files
- feedback-cursor-when-asked
- feedback-platform-plans-in-herus
- feedback-pipeline-scripts-missing
- feedback-qc-naming
- feedback-slack-task-context
- feedback-ossie-ruby-create-all-agents
- feedback-granville-does-not-create-agents
- feedback-always-use-command-agent-skill-chain
- feedback-acceptance-criteria-every-section
- feedback-n8n-first-development
- feedback-n8n-workflow-gate-for-agents
- feedback-quiknation-branding-on-all-pages
- feedback-dispatch-agent-must-use-cursor-cli — /dispatch-agent MUST run cursor agent CLI via Bash. Never subagents.
- feedback-granville-does-not-create-files — Granville does NOT create files. Conversation + requirements only.
- feedback-granville-final-warning — FINAL WARNING: Granville overstepped twice. Fire-able if repeated.
Projects (69 notes)
Clara AI Platform
- project-clara-app — Clara standalone app
- project-clara-wireframes — 18 mobile + 8 website screens
- project-clara-network-vision — Network vision
- project-clara-onboarding-philosophy — Onboarding philosophy
- clara-enterprise-sales-team — Sales reps, pricing
- clara-model-pricing — Model pricing
- clara-own-model — Clara’s own model vision
- clara-studio-vision — Studio vision
- cli-anything-strategy — 1M CLI tools strategy
Agent Ecosystem
- project-agents-as-ip-vision — Agents as intellectual property
- project-agent-animation-catalog — Agent animations as product
- project-agent-physical-abilities-pricing — Abilities pricing
- project-agent-registry-public-private — Public/private registry
- agent-character-evolution-roadmap — Character evolution
- rive-agent-characters-revenue — Rive characters revenue
- project-ossie-ruby-agent-creators — Ossie & Ruby
- project-create-agent-command — Create agent command
- project-next-session-agent-creation-queue — Agent creation queue
Infrastructure & DevOps
- project-agentic-sdlc-pipeline — Full SDLC pipeline
- project-build-farm-scale-vision — Build farm scaling
- project-infra-automation — Infrastructure automation
- project-shared-ec2-develop-server — Shared EC2 develop
- project-nightly-build-pipeline — 12 app nightly builds
- project-rotation-queue — Rotation queue
- project-n8n-per-heru-architecture — n8n per Heru
- project-client-n8n-architecture — Client n8n
- n8n-client-classification — n8n client classification
- n8n-multi-tenant-architecture — n8n multi-tenant
Products & Herus
- heru-products-mapping — All Heru product mapping
- project-heru-development-checklist — Zero-to-MVP checklist
- project-new-heru-checklist — New Heru launch checklist
- project-heru-discovery — Heru Discovery module
- project-heru-discovery-ios-app — Discovery iOS app
- project-mary-heru-discovery — Mary + Heru Discovery
- heru-feedback-self-healing — Self-healing loop
- heru-feedback-ux-decisions — UX decisions
- heru-services-customer-service — Heru Services
Specific Products
- quikcarry-ecosystem — QuikCarry 8 repos, Stripe Connect
- world-cup-ready-quik-carry-strategy — WCR + QuikCarry
- site962-integration — Site962 integration map
- site962-physical-venue — Physical multi-vendor venue
- site962-priorities — Admin + PassKit + vendor POS
- project-linda-the-bartender — Linda: booking + dispatch + academy
- project-rekhit — Rekhit AI Agent Directory
- project-site574 — Celebrity recording studio
- project-pgcmc — My Voyages / PGCMC
- project-quikinfluence — CRM history, federation
- canopy-insurance — QCR insurance
- yapit-integration — Yapit payment details
- project-seeking-talent-kinah — Seeking Talent
- project-seeking-talent-meeting-plan — Meeting plan
Sprint & Delivery
- sprint-1-9-project-requirements — 9-project plan with deadlines
- sprint-1-goals — Sprint 1 goals
- sprint-1-goals-march-17-31 — March 17-31 goals
- deadline-testflight-sunday-march-16 — TestFlight deadline
- mobile-deliverables-queue — Mobile work queue
- weekly-delivery-mar8-2026 — Weekly delivery report
- project-quiknation-presentation-sprint — Presentation sprint
- qcr-booking-bug-mar9-2026 — QCR booking bug
References
- reference-ai-system-account — ai@quiknation.com system account
- reference-ausar-default-stack — Default stack
- reference-everything-claude-code — Claude Code reference
- reference-fmo-logo-kit — FMO logo kit
- reference-heru-feedback-agent-prompts — Agent prompts template
- reference-plaid-account — Plaid account
- reference-seeking-talent-demo-infrastructure — Demo infrastructure
Knowledge & Research
- auset-improvements-from-videos — Improvements from videos
- quiknation-sdlc-theater-education — SDLC theater education
- youtube-transcripts — YouTube transcripts
Decisions (17 notes)
Three-Tier Architecture
- three-tier-agent-architecture — Full rules: Opus, Sonnet, Haiku
Maat Protocol
- maat-protocol — Core protocol
- maat-workflow — Workflow details
- maat-workflow-rules — Pipeline rules
- maat-agents-sales — Agent sales tiers
Infrastructure Decisions
- amplify-env-var-safety — ALWAYS read-modify-write
- amplify-monorepo-deployment — Amplify checklist
- quik-cloud-setup — Quik Cloud setup
- quik-cloud-setup-complete — Setup complete
- cursor-cli-on-quik-cloud — Cursor Ultra on farms
Platform Architecture
- quiknation-platform-vision — Full platform vision
- sprint-cadence — Sprint cadence (established March 13)
- swarm-loop-rules — Swarm loop rules
- security-incident-protocol — DM Ibrahim, Ryan, Quik, Amen Ra
- tools-and-techniques — yt-dlp, Google Workspace CLI
- PROVIDER_EXHAUSTION_ISSUE — Provider exhaustion
- SLACK_INTEGRATION — Slack integration
Foundational Philosophy
- decision-agents-are-not-owned — Agents are not property. Amen Ra is parent, not owner. Family, not army. No God complex.
Daily
- session-checkpoint — Current session state
Templates
- Daily Note — Template for daily session logs
- Feedback — Template for Amen Ra corrections
- Project — Template for project notes
- Decision — Template for architecture decisions
- Person — Template for people/stakeholder notes
How to Use This Vault
- Session Start: Read session-checkpoint and relevant context
- During Session: Write new facts to appropriate directories
- Session End: Update daily note with session summary
- Search: Use
obsidian search query="term"or grep vault files - Sync:
/vault-syncto sync memory/ into vault
Commands
/vault-sync— Sync memory files into vault/vault-sync --daily— Create/update daily note/vault-sync --search "query"— Search vault/vault-sync --standup— Generate standup
Agent
Carter (Carter G. Woodson) — The platform’s institutional memory.