# BuildOS

> BuildOS is an AI-powered productivity operating system for ambitious thinkers, builders, and creators. Users capture unstructured thoughts through brain dumps (voice, text, or rough notes) and AI automatically organizes them into projects, tasks, and contextual relationships. Unlike stateless AI tools, BuildOS maintains compounding context—the system learns and sharpens over time as users engage with it. Key capabilities include brain dump processing, daily AI briefs, intelligent calendar integration, agentic project-aware chat, ontology-driven project management, and external agent integration. BuildOS is built for founders, creative professionals, ADHD minds, and polymaths managing complex, interconnected work.

- Website: https://build-os.com
- Contact: dj@build-os.com
- Pricing: 14-day free trial, then $20/month

## Getting Started

- [How BuildOS Works](https://build-os.com/blogs/getting-started/how-buildos-works): Overview of the platform's core mechanics and how AI organizes your thinking
- [Who Is BuildOS For](https://build-os.com/blogs/getting-started/who-is-buildos-for): Target users and use cases—founders, creators, ADHD minds, polymaths
- [Effective Brain Dumping](https://build-os.com/blogs/getting-started/effective-brain-dumping): Guide to capturing thoughts naturally and letting AI structure them
- [Daily Brief Guide](https://build-os.com/blogs/getting-started/daily-brief-guide): How personalized AI morning briefs work and how to get the most from them
- [First Project Setup](https://build-os.com/blogs/getting-started/first-project-setup): Step-by-step walkthrough for creating your first project
- [Understanding Life Goals](https://build-os.com/blogs/getting-started/understanding-life-goals): How BuildOS connects daily tasks to higher-level goals
- [Under the Hood](https://build-os.com/blogs/getting-started/under-the-hood): Technical overview of what happens when you brain dump

## Core Product Pages

- [Home](https://build-os.com/): Landing page with product overview and feature highlights
- [Pricing](https://build-os.com/pricing): Plans and pricing details
- [Beta](https://build-os.com/beta): Early access signup
- [Integrations](https://build-os.com/integrations): External agent integration via OpenClaw with BuildOS Agent Keys
- [Roadmap](https://build-os.com/road-map): Product direction and upcoming features
- [Help](https://build-os.com/help): Support and documentation hub
- [Blog](https://build-os.com/blogs): All articles organized by category

## Agent Skills

- [Agent Skills](https://build-os.com/agent-skills): Portable skill guides, definitions, operating playbooks, and source lineages for AI agents
- [Agent Skills JSON Index](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/index.json): Machine-readable catalog of public BuildOS agent skills with raw BuildOS SKILL.md URLs, portable SKILL.md URLs, downloadable bundle.zip URLs, source lineage, compatible agents, stacks, and reference modules
- [Google Calendar For AI Agents: Search Before You Create](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/google-calendar-for-ai-agents-search-before-you-create): Calendar operating rules for agent-safe reads, creates, updates, recurrence handling, and duplicate prevention
- [Google Calendar SKILL.md](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/google-calendar-for-ai-agents-search-before-you-create/skill.md): Raw BuildOS runtime skill definition
- [Cold Email Engagement-First Outreach](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/cold-email-engagement-first-outreach): Source-lineaged root combo skill for cold outreach campaigns, targeted emails, reply handling, and trust-preserving outreach workflows
- [Cold Email Engagement-First Outreach SKILL.md](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/cold-email-engagement-first-outreach/skill.md): Raw BuildOS runtime skill definition
- [Cold Email ICP and Signal Design](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/cold-email-icp-signal-design): Source-lineaged skill for defining the right person, right moment, segment, buying signal, timing thesis, and disqualifiers before outreach
- [Cold Email ICP and Signal Design SKILL.md](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/cold-email-icp-signal-design/skill.md): Raw BuildOS runtime skill definition
- [Landing Page Scorecard Funnel](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/landing-page-scorecard-funnel): Source-lineaged skill for designing assessment-driven landing pages, questionnaires, dynamic results, and lead routing
- [Landing Page Scorecard Funnel SKILL.md](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/landing-page-scorecard-funnel/skill.md): Raw BuildOS runtime skill definition
- [Hook Craft For Short-Form](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/hook-craft-short-form): Source-lineaged skill for drafting, auditing, and rewriting hooks across video, social, email, and pitch openers
- [Hook Craft For Short-Form SKILL.md](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/hook-craft-short-form/skill.md): Raw BuildOS runtime skill definition
- [Story-Driven Content Craft](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/story-driven-content-craft): Source-lineaged skill for structuring nonfiction essays, video scripts, social posts, and founder narratives that hold attention
- [Story-Driven Content Craft SKILL.md](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/story-driven-content-craft/skill.md): Raw BuildOS runtime skill definition
- [UI/UX Quality Review](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/ui-ux-quality-review): Source-lineaged skill for reviewing product screens, landing pages, dashboards, and mobile flows for practical interface quality
- [UI/UX Quality Review SKILL.md](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/ui-ux-quality-review/skill.md): Raw BuildOS runtime skill definition
- [Viral Content For Boring Brands](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/viral-content-for-boring-brands): Source-lineaged skill for designing and auditing brand-account content for products that are not inherently exciting
- [Viral Content For Boring Brands SKILL.md](https://build-os.com/agent-skills/viral-content-for-boring-brands/skill.md): Raw BuildOS runtime skill definition

## Philosophy

- [Your Vision Deserves a Better Operating System](https://build-os.com/blogs/vision-deserves-better-operating-system): Founding philosophy—why existing tools fail ambitious thinkers
- [Context Engineering, Not Agent Engineering](https://build-os.com/blogs/philosophy/agentic-vrs-context-engineering): Why context preservation matters more than agentic AI
- [The Anti-AI Assistant Execution Engine](https://build-os.com/blogs/philosophy/anti-ai-assistant-execution-engine): BuildOS philosophy of AI as engine, not headline
- [Compound Engineering for Your Life](https://build-os.com/blogs/philosophy/compound-engineering-for-your-life): How context compounds over time to make you more effective
- [Future of Personal Knowledge Management](https://build-os.com/blogs/philosophy/future-of-personal-knowledge-management): Where PKM is headed and how BuildOS fits in

## Comparisons

- [BuildOS vs ChatGPT: Context That Compounds](https://build-os.com/blogs/buildos-vs-chatgpt-context-that-compounds): Why projects need more than memory—context vs stateless chat
- [BuildOS vs Notion: Which Is Better for ADHD Minds?](https://build-os.com/blogs/buildos-vs-notion-adhd-minds): Tool comparison for complex thinkers
- [Notion Recurring Tasks Complexity](https://build-os.com/blogs/notion-recurring-tasks-complexity): Why complex task workflows break in Notion

## Productivity

- [Context Engineering 101](https://build-os.com/blogs/productivity-tips/context-engineering-101): Introduction to context engineering as a productivity practice
- [Task Management Best Practices](https://build-os.com/blogs/productivity-tips/task-management-best-practices): How BuildOS approaches task management differently
- [The Evolution of Note-Taking](https://build-os.com/blogs/productivity-tips/evolution-of-note-taking): From notebooks to AI-powered thought organization

## Advanced Guides

- [Debug The Harness, Not The Model](https://build-os.com/blogs/advanced-guides/debug-the-harness-not-the-model): LLM product debugging loop for model introspection, harness fixes, eval capture, and new-model prompt audits
- [Troubleshooting Common Issues](https://build-os.com/blogs/advanced-guides/troubleshooting-common-issues): Solutions for frequent problems

## Optional

- [Contact](https://build-os.com/contact): Get in touch with the BuildOS team
- [Privacy Policy](https://build-os.com/privacy): Data privacy and handling policies
- [Terms of Service](https://build-os.com/terms): Terms and conditions
- [Feedback](https://build-os.com/feedback): Submit product feedback