Google’s recently announced OKF (Open Knowledge Format) adds a new knowledge layer to the internet, fundamentally changing how we structure business and personal knowledge for AI agents to understand and act on.

Why OKF Matters: A Paradigm Shift in SEO

Traditional SEO focuses on appearing in search results. OKF goes beyond visibility — it’s about making your knowledge actionable by AI agents. It’s not just about being accessible; it’s about enabling agents to actually do something with your business knowledge.

Those who understand OKF will be in high demand. New services will emerge to convert business knowledge into OKF knowledge graphs.

OKF Bundles: Buying and Selling Expert Knowledge

One of the most exciting aspects is that people with proprietary knowledge can sell OKF bundles. Imagine purchasing OKF bundles from lawyers, accountants, or SEO experts, integrating their expertise directly into your system — with automatic updates when laws or standards change.

The Core of OKF: Markdown Files Following the LLM Wiki Pattern

OKF formalizes the ‘LLM Wiki pattern’ described by Andrej Karpathy. Simply put, OKF is composed of markdown files — easy for AI agents to understand.

It’s NOT About Converting All Web Pages to Markdown

The key point is that you don’t convert every web page to markdown. Instead, you extract the core concepts from your website and create individual markdown files for each one.

OKF Components

  1. Knowledge Bundle: A collection of files in a directory structure — something you can buy or sell.
  2. Concept: Each markdown file represents a single unit of knowledge within the bundle.
  3. YAML Front Matter: Metadata at the top of each file, auto-generated by AI agents.

OKF Bundle Structure Example

okf-bundle/
├── index.md        # Required index file
├── log.md          # Agent activity log
└── concepts/
    ├── web-mcp/
    └── knowledge-graph/

These files can be stored in a GitHub repository or markdown tools like Obsidian or Notion.

Karpathy’s LLM Wiki and OKF Synergy

Karpathy’s LLM Wiki provides the foundational idea: LLMs don’t just index information — they progressively build and maintain a living Wiki.

When new information is added, the LLM reads it, extracts key insights, and integrates them into the existing Wiki. Our role becomes finding and learning new information, while the LLM handles organization and synthesis.

Revenue Opportunities with OKF

  1. OKF Building Services: Structuring business knowledge into OKF format will be a highly valuable skill.
  2. Knowledge Bundle Sales: Legal, accounting, and specialized knowledge can be packaged as OKF bundles for sale.

AI agents will discover OKF through LLMs.txt files containing instructions about OKF bundles.

I’m seriously considering how OKF could apply to VivaSport’s architecture and user data management. Start building your OKF today!