agent0/shared/knowledge/README.md

Glitch University shared knowledgebase

This directory is the shared library for Agent0 agents.

It is plain text, version-controlled, and mounted into agent containers at:

/knowledge

Use this library for durable institutional knowledge that should be available to all agents. Do not use shared Hermes memories for this. Hermes memories are agent-local and should remain private to each agent instance.

What belongs here

• Stable architecture facts about Omega13, Agent0, Gerhard, gutasktool, and Glitch University infrastructure.
• Deployment and operation runbooks.
• Shared conventions and policies.
• Non-secret institutional lore that should survive container rebuilds and be reviewable in Git.

What does not belong here

• Secrets, passwords, tokens, API keys, SSH private keys, cookies, or auth files.
• Runtime databases, logs, session transcripts, caches, generated scheduler output, or lock files.
• Temporary task progress that belongs in gutask.
• Agent-local personal memory that belongs in that agent's own Hermes memory.

Agent startup convention

On wake, agents that mount this library should read:

1. /knowledge/README.md
2. Relevant files under /knowledge/architecture/
3. Relevant files under /knowledge/conventions/
4. Relevant files under /knowledge/runbooks/ for the task at hand

Gerhard should especially read:

• /knowledge/architecture/agent0-omega13.md
• /knowledge/architecture/gerhard-hermes.md
• /knowledge/conventions/memory-policy.md
• /knowledge/runbooks/gutasktool-development.md

Mental model

• Hermes memory is the private notebook of one agent.
• This knowledgebase is the shared library of the institution.
• Skills are reusable tools and procedures.
• gutask is the work board.
• Festinger / Glitch University backend is the living world model and operational database.
• Sessions and logs are smoke. Useful for debugging, not canonical memory.