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οὐθείς (outheis)

Nobody — and everybody who refuses to be captured.

Second brain multi-agent AI assistant, grounded in privacy and human-centricity. Engineered as infrastructure, not as a product.

Designed for both personal assistant (1:1) and domain expert (many:1) usage.


outheis-slips (Original: Henri Fuseli - Blinded Polyphemus Checks the Sheep as they leave the Cave)


When Ulysses escapes the Cyclops, he calls himself οὐθείς — nobody. The Cyclops calls for help: "Nobody has blinded me!" No help comes. Ulysses slips away, clinging to the belly of the ram.

It's a trick, but also a stance: by refusing to be named, captured, pinned down, Ulysses remains free to act.

outheis carries this into AI interaction. The system knows you — but only locally, only under your control, only in service of your work. Your conversations, your notes, your patterns of thought should serve you — not be captured, profiled, monetized.

Five agents coordinate through messages. Your knowledge stays in a local vault. Nothing leaves without your intent.


Documentation

Installation — Public beta release. Requirements, setup, first steps, known gaps.

Foundations — Why sovereignty matters. The problem with captured cognition.

Design — OS principles applied to agents. Architecture specification, data formats, agent prompts.

Implementation — Current state. Architecture, agents, configuration, vault, tags, migration.

Workflows — Practical guides. How to work with outheis day to day.