Skills you own. Files you control. Agents that already know you.
$pipx install mainbranch $mb onboard --name "My Business" --path my-business $cd my-business $claude >/mb-start
Reference files in your repo. Skills in your terminal. Outputs that sound like you because they read your files first.
Other tools start over each session. Main Branch reads your files first, then works.
| Main Branch | ChatGPT | Cursor | Notion AI | Custom GPT | Agency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reads your business context — always | ✓ | · | · | · | part | part |
| Survives the session reset | ✓ | · | part | · | · | ✓ |
| Outputs in your voice | ✓ | · | part | · | part | ✓ |
| Self-hostable | ✓ | · | · | · | · | · |
| You own the data | ✓ | · | · | · | · | part |
| Files in git — auditable, diffable | ✓ | · | · | · | · | · |
| Compounds over time | ✓ | · | · | · | · | part |
mb status — ranked next actions NEW | ✓ | · | · | · | · | · |
mb doctor repair — self-heal config NEW | ✓ | · | · | · | · | · |
mb connect plan — provider wiring NEW | ✓ | · | · | · | · | · |
mb checkpoint — agent memory in git NEW | ✓ | · | · | · | · | · |
| Cost | $0 / $19 | $20/mo | $20/mo | $10/mo | $20/mo | $$$ |
Skills are pre-built workflows you call from your terminal. They read your files, then act.
Members watch Devon's commits, research, and decisions land in real time. The reference files in noontide-projects are the curriculum.
Not a course. Not a coaching ladder. A working business operated openly, with a chat thread next to it.
Join the community →The CLI and every bundled skill are MIT and forever-free. The community is where you watch a real business get operated through them.
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