VaultOS guide
Built on the format Google just standardized
VaultOS is built on the Open Knowledge Format (OKF) — the open, vendor-neutral standard Google published in 2026 for the knowledge AI agents need. The format is the contract: just files, zero lock-in, Google Cloud native.
Three properties, and that's the whole standard
OKF is small on purpose. These are the conventions that make your knowledge portable, governable, and readable by any model.
Just files
Markdown + YAML in a git repo. No SDK, no proprietary account, no translation layer. Readable by humans and every AI model.
Google Cloud native
The vault’s manifest registers into BigQuery and Knowledge Catalog for governance and discovery, and the notes index into a search data store that grounds Gemini Enterprise. We run both in production. Claude and other models read the same files.
Zero lock-in
Fire your tools — or fire us — and you keep everything. The format is the contract; every tool on each end is swappable.
Why not your platform vendor's knowledge layer?
You can, and many will. The difference shows up at the end. A vendor’s knowledge layer holds your knowledge in their database and reads it back through their SDK, so leaving is an export project with losses. OKF keeps it in files you already own, so leaving is a git clone. Every tool on either end is swappable — us included. What we sell is the working system: discovery, import, encrypted sync, the grounded assistant, and a clean handover.
Knowledge as code
OKF treats organizational knowledge the way engineering teams treat source code — git-native, auditable, diffable.
Git-native
Plain markdown + YAML front-matter in a git repository — the canonical shape for knowledge AI agents can read. Your entire vault exports with a single git clone.
Auditable
The vault’s manifest registers into BigQuery and Knowledge Catalog for governance and discovery — every note becomes a catalogued, queryable asset.
Diffable
Every change to your knowledge lands as a plain-text diff — reviewable and revertible, like code.
Go deeper
Read our OKF essay on the Emerge hub.
Give your AI a memory.
A free 30-minute walkthrough of a live VaultOS — the graph, the sync, the agent that knows three years of decisions.