- Andrej Karpathy's 'LLM Wiki' proposes using linked Markdown files for AI agent memory.
- Google introduced Open Knowledge Format (OKF v0.1), packaging organizational knowledge in Markdown for enterprise use.
- Garry Tan's gstack uses Markdown files to define specialist coding agent roles, achieving high GitHub popularity.
- Markdown has become the standard format for agents to read and write, evolving from developer conventions like CLAUDE.md.
- Competitive advantage shifts from model ownership to owning accumulated Markdown knowledge bases that are portable across systems.
- The durability of Markdown standards like OKF depends on adoption and ecosystem development to avoid remaining just ideas.