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Notes on the Mempipe bet: Markdown as durable substrate, wiki-style links as workspace structure, and source-mapped files as context that humans and agents can share.

First cluster

Start with the Markdown thesis, then read about LLM wikis, PDF-to-Markdown, and citations.

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FeaturedMarkdown

Why Mempipe is betting on Markdown

Markdown is not just a writing format for Mempipe. It is the open, readable layer where files, citations, wiki links, and agent context can meet.

August 10, 20264 min read

Read article

A saved wiki page titled Understanding the Transformer in Mempipe, with source citation chips, beside the agent's summary of what it wrote.

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How to build an LLM wiki from a PDF: the exact prompts

Karpathy's LLM wiki pattern applied to one PDF: the exact prompts, the saved page, the citation that opens the source, and Claude Code plus Obsidian compared.

September 20, 202611 min read

AgentsPDFsDocument comparison

Knowledge agents need a diff tool

A sneak peek at the PDF comparison prototype we’re building for Mempipe.

September 17, 20268 min read

Nine abstract model tiles feed through a Markdown citation frame beneath a balance scale, illustrating cost and citation reliability.

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How cheap can a reliable citation model be?

We pit frontier models against recent low-cost, near-frontier models to find the cheapest reliable citation model. We also found that prompt engineering with explicit syntax and a worked example still matters.

August 31, 202612 min read

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From PDFs to Markdown to cited answers

The useful path is not PDF extraction by itself. It is source-mapped Markdown that can be searched, cited, and opened back to the original evidence.

August 10, 20263 min read

AgentsLLMsWikis

LLMs need wikis, not just chat history

Chat history is useful memory for a session. Wiki-shaped files are better memory for work that needs names, links, citations, and reuse.

August 10, 20263 min read

Build knowledge that comes with receipts.

Bring your sources. Find the evidence. Leave behind something worth keeping.

Try Mempipe Build your first wiki

Public beta. Start on Free and upgrade to Starter for more capacity. Bring your own API key for the in-app agent. Reading, searching, and editing files needs no key.