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Stephan Knauer

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Deterministic Memory for AI Agents & High-Performance Go Infrastructure

I build open-source tools focused on precision, zero-allocation Go engineering, and AI agent infrastructure.

My primary focus is OKF (Open Knowledge Format): a deterministic, git-native knowledge format that equips LLM agents with persistent, domain-neutral project memory — surviving context compaction, chat resets, and multi-agent handoffs.

🛠 What I Build & Maintain:

Why Sponsor?

Open-source infrastructure needs maintenance, continuous benchmarking, and security audits. Your sponsorship directly funds:

  1. Toolchain & MCP Maintenance: Keeping OKF and Go libraries rock-solid against new runtime and LLM changes.
  2. Deterministic Benchmarks & Research: Running reproducible benchmarks comparing agent memory architectures (BM25 vs. vector vs. hybrid).
  3. Open Standards: Keeping memory and agent context open, local-first, and vendor-independent.

Looking for Consulting, Audits, or Team Workshops?

For dedicated 1-on-1 architecture advisory, process automation workshops, or fixed-price engineering engagements, please visit knauer.consulting.

@sknr

Covers CI/CD runners, cross-platform build pipelines, and automated benchmarking infrastructure for OKF agent memory.

Featured work

  1. okf-memory/okf-agent-memory

    Git-native persistent memory for AI coding agents. Implements Google OKF v0.2 with sub-300µs in-memory BM25 search, embedded MCP server, and progressive disclosure. Slashes token bloat by 80% with …

    Go 756
  2. apperia-de/slogscope

    A zero-allocation, high-performance custom Go slog.Handler for package-scoped logging. Dynamically adjust log levels per package in production at runtime without application restarts.

    Go 2
  3. SecureWebhookToken/swt

    Go implementation of the Secure Webhook Token (SWT), an Internet-Draft for sending secure Webhooks, based on the JWT standard.

    Go
  4. apperia-de/webhook-to-telegram

    A secure, lightweight Telegram bot to format and forward webhook events (GitHub, Ko-fi, PayPal) to chats. Easy routing, token verification (SWT/HMAC), and message styling, configured entirely via a…

    Go 2

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Support the maintenance of open, vendor-neutral agent infrastructure.

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  • My sincere appreciation for keeping open-source agent tooling sustainable

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For active practitioners building with OKF, Go tooling, or custom agent setups.

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For startups, teams, and indie builders relying on OKF or high-performance Go libraries in production.

  • Company logo / individual avatar with a backlink in the README of okf-agent-memory and slogscope
  • Priority issue escalation: expedited fixes for blockers impacting your stack
  • Direct communication channel via GitHub Discussions / email for integration guidance

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For organizations running on OKF or relying on our Go libraries in critical environments.

  • Premium company logo & link placed prominently at the top of READMEs and official documentation
  • Dedicated private async channel (Discord/Slack/GitHub) for direct integration Q&A and sparring
  • Highest priority on upstream bugfixes and dependency updates
  • Architectural input on OKF specification RFCs