Context infrastructure is being defined right now. In three years, the standards will be set. The question is: who writes them? If practitioners don't get involved, vendors will. And vendors optimize for lock-in.
Everyone's solving the same coordination problems differently. There's no canonical "how to build this" - just scattered blog posts and abandoned repos.
The people actually shipping agent systems? Too busy building. Generic AI communities have thousands of members and zero signal. Questions get buried. Expertise isn't visible.
The big players will define the standards unless practitioners get involved. And their standards optimize for their interests, not portability. Not your interests.
Tiered community ensures the right people find each other. Practitioners, not tourists.
Open community for anyone interested in context infrastructure. Discuss the standard, share learnings, contribute.
For practitioners actively building. Weekly office hours, private channels, direct access to the core team.
Senior practitioners and consultants. Business development, referral network, shape the standard's direction.
For companies building on CFS. Early integration support, co-marketing, advisory input. Shape the ecosystem.
Generic AI communities are thousands of people asking the same beginner questions. Paid tiers self-select for practitioners who are actually building - the conversations are different.
Good communities require work: moderation, office hours, content, connections. Paid tiers fund that work. The result is value for everyone, including the free tier.
The Implementers Circle is where you find people solving the same problems. The Guild is where consultants find referrals and case studies. The right tier for your goals.
HTTP was defined in the 90s. RSS in the early 2000s. JSON-LD never quite took off. The context infrastructure standard is being written now. In three years, it will be set.
The question isn't whether there will be a standard. It's whether that standard will be open and practitioner-driven, or proprietary and vendor-controlled.
Be part of writing it.
Start with the free community. See if this is your tribe. Level up when you're ready to go deeper.