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The End-to-End Cognitive Operating Process for Modern Teams

TeamBrain is a methodology for capturing intent, reasoning, and signals throughout the lifecycle of a project. It solves the problem of "tribal knowledge" and "decision amnesia" by ensuring that the why behind every project is as accessible as the code.

📖 The Core Philosophy

> Projects fail when thinking is implicit. Projects succeed when thinking is captured.

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Most documentation captures what was built. TeamBrain captures the Signals: the assumptions that broke, the shifts in intent, and the "Gold" found in failures. It is a living ledger that ensures the project learns faster than the codebase grows.

🛠 The Framework

The process moves through six distinct phases of "Cognitive Evolution":

* Phase 0: Cognitive Ignition (Sales/Intent) – Captures the "Why" and the value hypotheses.

* Phase 1: Meaning Formation (Architecture) – Frames decisions and identifies hidden complexity.

* Phase 2: Signal Amplification (Delivery) – Logs surprises and broken assumptions in real-time.

* Phase 3: Truth Injection (Incidents) – Converts errors into high-value institutional knowledge.

* Phase 4: Cognitive Regeneration – Periodically updates the "Current Truth" to prevent decay.

* Phase 5: Instant Context (Onboarding) – Provides a <30 minute "Zero-Tribal Knowledge" ramp-up.

🚀 How to Implement TeamBrain

To deploy this to any repository, follow these three steps:

1. The Process Definition

Ensure your team has read the TEAM_BRAIN_PROCESS.md file in this repo. This is the "Manual."

2. The Project Template

Copy the TEMPLATE.md into the root of your target project and rename it TEAM_BRAIN.md.

3. The "Signal" Habit

The brain only works if it is fed. Teams should emit signals when:

* An assumption is proven wrong.

* A major technical pivot occurs.

* A "non-obvious" decision is made in a meeting or DM.

📂 Repository Contents

* TEAM_BRAIN_PROCESS.md: The full procedural logic for the framework.

* TEMPLATE.md: The standardized markdown structure for individual projects.

* EXAMPLES/: Real-world applications of TeamBrain (e.g., geojson-api).

⚖️ Operating Truths

* Agents execute. Humans decide. The Team Brain remembers.

* No project exists without a Team Brain.

* If it is not in the brain, it does not exist.

Would you like me to also draft the TEMPLATE.md file so you have a clean, blank version ready for people to copy from this repo?