Ortelian Notes Ortelian builds AI-operable company infrastructure: company maps, ontology, memory, tools, permissions, traces, evals, and feedback loops so production agents can work inside companies. https://ortelian.com/notes/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Agents Don't Need a Company Brain. They Need a Company They Can Work In. Agents do not fail inside companies because they lack a bigger wiki. They fail because company facts do not change company work. https://ortelian.com/notes/agents-dont-need-a-company-brain/ https://ortelian.com/notes/agents-dont-need-a-company-brain/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT RAG Is Not the Decision Layer Your Agent Needs RAG can retrieve evidence. It cannot decide what the company currently believes, which source wins, or which action is allowed. https://ortelian.com/notes/rag-is-not-the-decision-layer-your-agent-needs/ https://ortelian.com/notes/rag-is-not-the-decision-layer-your-agent-needs/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT MCP Gives Agents Handles. It Does Not Give Them Judgment. A valid MCP tool call can still be a bad business action. That is the distinction most agent demos skip. https://ortelian.com/notes/mcp-gives-agents-handles-it-does-not-give-them-judgment/ https://ortelian.com/notes/mcp-gives-agents-handles-it-does-not-give-them-judgment/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Context Rot Is Why Your Agent Needs a Map More context can make an agent worse. That is the part most companies still do not want to hear. https://ortelian.com/notes/context-rot-is-why-your-agent-needs-a-map/ https://ortelian.com/notes/context-rot-is-why-your-agent-needs-a-map/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT What is an ontology? A company ontology is a model of what exists in a company, how those things relate, and what agents can safely do with that map. https://ortelian.com/notes/what-is-an-ontology/ https://ortelian.com/notes/what-is-an-ontology/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why agents do not onboard like people People become useful by seeing work, acting, being corrected, and updating their company map. Agents need that loop made durable. https://ortelian.com/notes/why-agents-do-not-onboard-like-people/ https://ortelian.com/notes/why-agents-do-not-onboard-like-people/ Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Access is not a map Tool access lets an agent see and act. It does not tell the agent how the company fits together. https://ortelian.com/notes/access-is-not-a-map/ https://ortelian.com/notes/access-is-not-a-map/ Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT