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Sovereign Comms Protocol

The premise

Agencies create dependency; we build capacity.

Decades of IP shouldn't get lost in old files, trapped in an unreadable agency brand book, or diluted by synthetic AI sludge. The protocol turns what you know into infrastructure you can operate.

Three bounded phases

$2,500 each · Start with any phase or do the full sequence.

Phase 01 · Knowledge Garden · $2,500

Start with the Factland Sovereign Seed Kit: a practical way to build a portable knowledge vault from plain files you control. Setup in Obsidian, gathering career IP, and learning how to keep the vault useful as your practice grows. Includes free access to Factland EDU and tutorial videos.

Outcome: A working, encrypted knowledge vault on your machine and the ability to build on it yourself.

Phase 02 · CommsOS Membrane · $2,500

Your Knowledge Garden becomes the foundation for an executable CommsOS: eight core documents across Voice Logic, Positioning Constraints, and Validation Frameworks. Guided prompt protocols and 30 years of journalism and communications review.

Outcome: A communications operating system you can use with your writing, collaborators, and AI tools to keep your voice un-hedged.

Phase 03 · Expression Layer · $2,500

Turn your CommsOS into a live web presence in Lovable (or a community space). Start from an opinionated template and adapt it together. Learn how to direct and update your site using plain-language prompts.

Outcome: A live web presence on your custom domain, standard React/Tailwind code synced to your private GitHub repo, and an expansion prompt library with zero agency retainers.

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How each phase works

Phase 01 · Knowledge Garden

  • The 90-minute excavation interview: your career IP, frameworks, and war stories — minus the corporate jargon.

  • Sovereign Seed Kit setup: a private, encrypted Obsidian vault on your laptop. Three folders, three files.

  • Your career archive: scattered talks, decks, and credentials turned into clean, searchable markdown.

  • The Capture / Cultivate / Carry loop: query your vault with AI without surrendering your data.

  • Zero vendor lock-in, plus free Factland EDU access and tutorial videos.

Phase 02 · CommsOS Membrane

  • Voice Logic: practice overview, voice extraction across six dimensions, and the rules that keep you on-voice.

  • Positioning Constraints: audience mapping, a Proof Points Inventory by confidence tier, and Forbidden Patterns.

  • Validation Frameworks: review checklists and system prompt protocols for every drafting pass.

  • A 90-minute extraction interview, line-by-line editorial passes, and a 60-minute live calibration test.

  • The Methodology Audit: every pass runs your membrane through my private local engine, trained on the full commsOS methodology and 10+ production builds.

Phase 03 · Expression Layer

  • Your membrane loaded into the project brain, so copy writes from your real voice and claims.

  • The core surface: your stance and origin, your work and engagements, and direct contact.

  • Two 1:1 live build sessions (75–90 min): remix the template together, then refine and launch.

  • Hands-on fluency: you take the keyboard and learn to direct the site in plain English.

  • An expansion prompt library for adding essays, offerings, or case studies later.

  • Live on your custom domain, with React/Tailwind code in your private GitHub repo.

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How I work

  • 1-on-1 co-creation: I guide the work; you build with me.

  • Capped at 1–2 engagements per month.

  • No open-ended retainers.

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