Single-node AI research institute: one Python process, one SQLite file, one Obsidian vault — AI analysts running briefings, whiteboards, mailbox and deep research on local agent CLIs
2 files for Codex, OpenCode and Claude Code: institute-one AGENTS.md, institute-one CLAUDE.md — 3,078 tokens loaded in every session.
AGENTS.md A 819 tok CLAUDE.md A 2,259 tok These files are dmquant/institute-one's own configuration — they tell Codex, OpenCode and Claude Code how to work on this repository, so they are not mods to install elsewhere. Copy one as a starting point and replace the parts that are about this project.