Ark

Ark was a platform for running panels of local Ollama agents through phase-based discussions: diverge, challenge, converge. A Next.js dashboard configured sessions; a local runner executed turn-based conversations and persisted transcripts to Supabase. A continuous R&D loop drove cross-domain discovery content back into the broader knowledge graph.

The value Ark proved out was the panel pattern itself: multi-agent structures surface insights single agents miss. That pattern lives on in The Council, which inherited the same deliberation structure for personal advisory use.

Retired 2026-05-18. The R&D function migrated upstream into the primary memory pipeline, the discussion platform had no second user beyond me and Conn, and the local Ollama dependency carried recurring MLX instability.