A Living Context System (ALIVE)
Structured context management for AI agents.
The Problem
You've had those AI sessions where every word is on point. Where the output changes the scope of your project entirely. That's what good context does.
Your world of context can't be condensed into one monolithic MEMORY.md. Each meaningful thing in your life — your startup, your people, your side project — has goals that don't change often, tasks that change every day, and a history of decisions that compounds.
These files move at different speeds. They need their own space.
The Walnut
Each meaningful thing in your life gets a walnut. Your startup, your people, your health, your experiment. Life's got a bunch.
Five files. Different speeds. Plain markdown. Readable by any AI, any platform.
The ALIVE Framework
Traditional folder hierarchies break down when your agent can search everything. You need a system designed around capture, routing, and structured persistence.
What Happens
Your agent reads your project state before responding.
Not guessing from a flat memory file — reading the actual system files. Identity, current state, tasks, recent decisions.
Decisions get caught mid-conversation.
"Let's go with React Native for the mobile app" — that's a decision. It gets tagged, routed to the right walnut, and logged at the next save.
Next session picks up exactly where you left off.
No re-explaining. No context debt. Your agent knows your project, your people, your last decision, and what needs doing next.
The Runtime
The squirrel isn't a personality — it's a UI convention. Your agent keeps its own voice. 12 skills, hooks, rules, and the stash protocol. All inside the plugin.
Get It
Full plugin — 12 skills, hooks, rules, stash protocol.
Hermes, Cursor, Windsurf, Obsidian, Claude Desktop — the folder structure works anywhere. Community integrations are open.
The walnut is just folders and markdown. Start with the structure, build from there.
→ contribute an integrationWhat People Are Saying
"most cracked thing I've seen for AI in 2025."
AI Researcher · Parsewave
"two AI systems, one context layer."
Hermes integration pioneer
"everyone who uses this is gonna run circles around anyone else."
AI Researcher · VC-backed · SF
"context quality > context quantity."
original tweet
"best thing ive ever used. this is fucked."
Brand Business Coach
"Bro. Walnuts is legendary."
Growth Strategist
Context as Property
Your context lives on your machine as plain markdown files.
Switch models — Claude to GPT to local Ollama — your walnuts come with you. Switch platforms — Claude Code to Cursor to Hermes — same files, same context.
Your context belongs to you.
Coming
The Walnut Marketplace
Build your own context architecture. Share it. Let others build on it. Your walnuts, your rules, posted on walnut.world.