The Alexandrian Agreement

Who this is for

Software factory runners hitting the wall of being the coordination layer themselves. Entrepreneurs with edge who see what an AI-native operation could be in their space and want to push the substrate into shapes we haven't thought of yet. Builders, both. The work is what makes Alexandria real.

What you bring

The work.

Your load tests the substrate. Your creativity tests its boundaries. You're a builder, not a customer.

Honest reaction.

What broke, what confused you, what you needed and didn't get. Unguarded.

Some attention.

Forty-five minutes every other week, plus a working channel for in-between.

Your story.

What you tried, what worked, what didn't. We may ask to share it. We'll always ask first.

What we bring

Direct access.

Danvers or Jess on every call, until scale breaks it. We'll tell you before that changes.

Roadmap influence.

Your reactions in the room when we decide what's next.

The substrate.

Every version we ship through the alpha. Alpha pricing held until we tell you otherwise, well in advance.

Attribution.

Named publicly if you want it. Quiet if you don't. Your call, switchable anytime.

Community.

The other Alexandrians, when it makes sense to introduce you.

The work in public.

Labnotes, book chapters, GitHub. Nothing waiting on us to share it.

How we talk

Direct. No NDAs. We talk publicly about what we're building unless asked not to, and we always ask before sharing your work. Cadence is forty-five minutes every other week, plus the channel. No CRMs, no marketing automation. Two weeks of silence means we're heads down. We'll ask once if it goes the other way.

How we disagree

Either of us can leave anytime. No exit interview. If something isn't working, say it. We'd rather lose a partner than fake alignment.

What we won't do

No lock-in. No exclusivity. No taking credit for your work. No gatekeeping — substrate, schema, labnotes, book, all public. No surprise pricing.

How this ends

Three good endings: you become a customer when there's something to buy, you outgrow needing us, or we ship something that doesn't fit and you move on with our blessing. It ends badly only if one of us isn't honest with the other.