Technology

Built on open formats.
Runs on Git.
Survives any single tool dying.

YAML, JSON, Markdown. No proprietary runtime. No lock-in. Your knowledge files work whether or not we're around.

Portability guarantee

Three sentences. No weasel words.

01 Your knowledge is YAML, JSON, and Markdown in a Git repository.
02 The files are readable by any tool and run on any Git host — GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, self-hosted.
03 Zero KBPD APIs are required to read, version, or audit your knowledge files.

MCP Access Model

MCP is the door, not the database.

KBPD keeps structured knowledge in open files. MCP gives tools a controlled way to ask for the right slice: local and offline in the starter kit now, hosted and authenticated after the hosted-service gates clear.

Phase 1 · included

Local MCP in the starter kit.

Use an MCP-capable client to inspect the extracted kit without a hosted account.

healthsearchreadproof indexlintdiagnostics

Phase 2 · hosted service

Hosted authenticated service.

Public accounts wait until sign-in, permissions, usage visibility, cancellation, billing, and support are operational. The starter kit includes a planned-not-live checklist so buyers can review the future service boundary without mistaking it for a current entitlement.

secure sign-inpermission checksusage visibilitybilling support

account accessteam permissionsusage historysupport controls

Full source stays durable

The repository remains the system of record. MCP reads from it; it does not replace it.

Project views stay small

Agents receive the narrow slice needed for the current task instead of the whole repository every time.

Hosted access is scoped

Phase 2 adds sign-in, permissions, usage visibility, cancellation, and support before public accounts open.

Real artifact · copyable

A journey. As a file.

This is a real visitor-journey artifact from the site you're reading. The FMEA risk priority numbers and step success markers in the file drove the layout, copy, and CTA placement of every page in this domain. The file is the spec. The page is the render.

journey_consulting_partner.yaml

# journey_consulting_partner.yaml
# A real journey artifact — selectable, copyable, runnable.
# Lives in the same Git repo your team already uses.

journey_id: consulting_partner_v2
audience: consulting_partner
goal: |
  Decide whether KBPD is worth recommending to a client.

steps:
  - id: S01
    name: Land on kbpd.ai homepage
    duration_seconds: 12
    fmea:
      severity: 9
      occurrence: 6
      detection: 5
      rpn: 270
      mitigation: |
        Above-fold copy MUST be in outcomes language — never internal terms.
    success_marker: scrolls_past_fold

  - id: S02
    name: Read the problem narrative
    duration_seconds: 90
    success_marker: shares_with_team
    artifacts:
      - what/docs/kbpd/regulation_change_scenario.md

  - id: S03
    name: Open Technology page
    duration_seconds: 180
    success_marker: copies_yaml_artifact
    constraint: |
      Real YAML must be selectable. Not a screenshot.

  - id: S04
    name: Decide to forward to a CTO
    duration_seconds: 30
    success_marker: cta_click
    routes_to:
      - cta_demo
      - cta_overview_pdf

negative_flows:
  - id: NF01
    name: Bounces from homepage
    cause: above_fold_internals_language
    severity: 9
  - id: NF02
    name: CTO rejects
    cause: technology_page_lacks_artifact
    severity: 9

Stack · full disclosure

Every component, named.

Nothing is hidden. The Claude API external dependency is disclosed explicitly, with the air-gap option named.

Component	Technology	License	Data handling
Site framework	Astro 6	MIT	static; build-time fetch
Style system	Tailwind v4 + DTCG tokens	MIT + W3C draft	config-as-code in Git
CMS	Payload 3 (Postgres)	MIT	self-hostable; customer-owned DB
Token build	Style Dictionary 4	Apache 2.0	deterministic transforms
Logo runtime	GSAP 3.13 + InertiaPlugin	free for commercial (2026)	CDN; cache-stable
Search/runtime AI	Claude API	commercial	optional; air-gap profile available
File delivery	Cloudflare	commercial	replaceable storage provider
Hosting	Cloudflare Pages or VPS	commercial / open	replaceable

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