https://oknola.com/guides/ Practical guides for solo operators: keep your business in plain files, give every AI the same context, and decide what each one can see. en https://oknola.com/guides/what-is-okf-open-knowledge-format/ https://oknola.com/guides/what-is-okf-open-knowledge-format/ OKF is an open spec from Google Cloud for writing knowledge as a folder of markdown files that AI agents can read. What it requires, and how to use it. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/what-is-agents-md/ https://oknola.com/guides/what-is-agents-md/ AGENTS.md is an open format for instructing AI coding agents: one markdown file they read before they work. Who reads it, and how to use one for a business. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/what-is-a-company-brain/ https://oknola.com/guides/what-is-a-company-brain/ A company brain is the one place your business knowledge lives, written so you and your AI tools can both read it. What goes in one, and how to build it. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/what-each-client-is-really-worth/ https://oknola.com/guides/what-each-client-is-really-worth/ Divide what a client paid by every hour they took, billed or not. A worked example with fees and late payments, a client note template, and what to do next. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/track-sponsor-deals-pitch-to-paid/ https://oknola.com/guides/track-sponsor-deals-pitch-to-paid/ How creators track brand deals: six stages from pitched to paid, a deal note to copy, what to record, a weekly routine, and the leaks that cost you money. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/track-mrr-costs-launches-markdown/ https://oknola.com/guides/track-mrr-costs-launches-markdown/ A simple way to track MRR, costs, runway and launches as an indie hacker: one markdown file per month, per cost and per launch, and an agent for the sums. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/switch-chatgpt-to-claude-keep-context/ https://oknola.com/guides/switch-chatgpt-to-claude-keep-context/ Moving from ChatGPT to Claude, or back? Get what the old assistant knows out as text, keep it in one file you own, and give every assistant the same context. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/set-money-aside-for-taxes-freelancer/ https://oknola.com/guides/set-money-aside-for-taxes-freelancer/ Many freelancers set aside 25 to 30% of each payment, and your accountant sets your number. A simple system: a tax account, one note, a quarterly check. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/separate-business-and-personal-money/ https://oknola.com/guides/separate-business-and-personal-money/ Keep business and personal money apart with a second account, a transfer rule and two tags, in one folder of plain files. Templates and a monthly routine. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/scope-ai-agent-with-tags/ https://oknola.com/guides/scope-ai-agent-with-tags/ Let an AI agent read some of your files but not others: tag each file by what it is and scope agents by tag. The do-it-yourself options and their limits. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/reuse-past-proposals-with-ai/ https://oknola.com/guides/reuse-past-proposals-with-ai/ Turn past proposals into a library an AI agent can draft from: strip client details, record what won, and keep each new draft to one client's files. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/move-notion-to-markdown/ https://oknola.com/guides/move-notion-to-markdown/ Export Notion as Markdown and CSV, clean the file names and links, turn database rows into files with fields, and end with a folder any AI can read. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/ai-agent-one-client-only/ https://oknola.com/guides/ai-agent-one-client-only/ How consultants can use AI on confidential client work: scope an agent to one client's files, keep risky data out, and run a checklist before you start. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/creator-income-by-stream/ https://oknola.com/guides/creator-income-by-stream/ Track creator income by stream: sponsors, ads, affiliate, products, memberships and services. A monthly note, a worked example and a set-aside habit. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/stop-re-explaining-your-business-to-ai/ https://oknola.com/guides/stop-re-explaining-your-business-to-ai/ Write your business context once, in plain files in a folder you own, and point every AI at it. A step-by-step setup for ChatGPT, Claude, Codex and Cursor. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/do-you-need-mcp-for-business-files/ https://oknola.com/guides/do-you-need-mcp-for-business-files/ Usually not. Agents like Claude Code, Codex and Cursor read a folder directly. When MCP earns its place, what it adds, and how to keep its access narrow. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/claude-code-obsidian-business/ https://oknola.com/guides/claude-code-obsidian-business/ How to run a one-person business from an Obsidian vault with Claude Code: the structure, the rules file, the safety net, and the part that stays your job. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/weekly-review-company-of-one/ https://oknola.com/guides/weekly-review-company-of-one/ A 30-minute weekly review for a solo founder: the agenda, a template to copy, what an AI agent can prepare from your files, and what stays your call. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/investor-update-from-your-notes/ https://oknola.com/guides/investor-update-from-your-notes/ A monthly investor update in half an hour: the sections to keep, a template to copy, what an AI agent can draft from your notes, and what stays yours to send. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/crm-alternative-independent-consultants/ https://oknola.com/guides/crm-alternative-independent-consultants/ Most independent consultants don't need a team CRM. Keep the pipeline, proposals and client notes in plain files, with two templates and a weekly routine. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona) https://oknola.com/guides/claude-md-for-your-business/ https://oknola.com/guides/claude-md-for-your-business/ Give Claude Code your startup's context, not just your code: a copyable business AGENTS.md, where it lives, and the one-line import for each repo. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@oknola.com (Ricardo Cardona)