Mike's Headless Empire OS

The live human-and-agent operating system I use to coordinate daily execution, planning, knowledge, content, tasks, and AI agent collaboration.

From CEO OS to Headless Empire OS

This framework was previously called Mike's CEO Operating System. It has evolved into Mike's Headless Empire OS: the private, working implementation behind the broader Headless Empire OS framework.

Headless Empire OS is the reusable operating framework that owner-led businesses can adopt. Mike's Headless Empire OS is my live implementation, containing the real priorities, companies, people, workflows, and private context that make the system useful day to day.

Learn about the public framework, Academy, and application stack at HeadlessEmpire.com.

Mission

Operate with clarity, focus, and leverage. This repo should help Mike know what matters today, ship more valuable content, delegate cleanly, and give AI agents enough context to be genuinely useful.

Start Here

Open QUICK-START.md.
Update 00-command-center/TODAY.md.
Check 00-command-center/WEEK.md.
Review current context in 00-command-center/NOW.md.
Capture loose items in 00-command-center/inbox.md.

Structure

mike-headless-empire-os/
├── README.md
├── QUICK-START.md
├── .cursorrules
├── CLAUDE.md
├── 00-command-center/
│   ├── TODAY.md
│   ├── WEEK.md
│   ├── NOW.md
│   └── inbox.md
├── 01-planning/
│   ├── daily/
│   ├── weekly/
│   ├── monthly/
│   └── quarterly/
├── 02-tasks-projects/
│   ├── active/
│   ├── backlog.md
│   ├── waiting-for.md
│   ├── delegated.md
│   └── decision-log.md
├── 03-marketing-content/
│   ├── content-calendar.md
│   ├── ideas.md
│   ├── drafts/
│   ├── published/
│   ├── campaigns/
│   ├── distribution/
│   └── swipe-file/
├── 04-ai-agents/
│   ├── agent-roster.md
│   ├── janice/
│   ├── codex/
│   ├── cursor/
│   └── prompts/
├── 05-knowledge-base/
│   ├── company/
│   ├── people/
│   ├── products/
│   ├── market-research/
│   └── key-metrics.md
├── 06-systems-sops/
├── 07-templates/
├── 08-archive/
├── 09-team-ops/
└── 99-meta/

Daily Workflow

Morning

Read QUICK-START.md.
Fill in TODAY.md.
Review Janice's briefing using Janice Briefing Protocol.
Use the 7:30 writing block for content, strategy, or a high-leverage decision.

During The Day

Capture raw thoughts in inbox.md.
Track open loops in waiting-for.md.
Track delegated work in delegated.md.
Move content ideas into ideas.md.

Shutdown

Move durable notes to the right folder.
Update NOW.md if priorities changed.
Add decisions to decision-log.md.
Set tomorrow's first action.

Core Workflows

Workflow	Primary Files
Daily execution	TODAY.md, daily review
Weekly planning	WEEK.md, week planning
Task and project tracking	backlog.md, 02-tasks-projects/active/
Marketing and content	content calendar, ideas, channel map
AI agent orchestration	agent roster, AI agent brief
Knowledge management	05-knowledge-base/
SOPs and systems	06-systems-sops/
Team operations	team roster, 09-team-ops/

AI Collaboration

Codex and other repo agents should follow AGENTS.md.
Mike may call Codex Arthur Blaze; keep codex/ as the technical role folder and use Arthur as the preferred conversational identity.
Cursor should follow .cursorrules.
Claude/Codex should follow CLAUDE.md.
Use AI Agent Brief for any delegated AI task.
Keep agent outputs actionable: owner, next action, due date, review criteria.

Core Principles

Writing first: daily writing creates clarity and content.
Capture fast, process daily: the inbox is a landing zone, not a graveyard.
Marketing is a system: every strong idea should become multiple assets.
Async by default: respect timezone differences and write decisions down.
Leverage AI deliberately: agents need context, constraints, and review standards.
Archive instead of delete: keep history without cluttering active work.

Tools Stack

Tool	Purpose
Slack	Team communication
RegardingWork	Productivity tracking
Google Calendar	Scheduling
Portal / task systems	Project and task management
GitHub / Markdown	Source of truth for this OS
Janice	Executive assistance
Cursor / Codex / Claude	Drafting, repo work, synthesis, agent orchestration

Review Cadence

Cadence	Action
Daily	Use command center and daily review
Weekly	Plan Big 3, content commitments, delegation, waiting-for
Monthly	Review metrics, financials, and monthly theme
Quarterly	Review OKRs and strategic direction

Productivity Category — Broader productivity systems and experiments.
Company Brain — Building a unified AI brain with specialist agents and closed loops.
AI Questions Executives Are Asking — Field list for boards, steering committees, and vendor RFPs.
Agentic Commerce — AI agents, infrastructure, and tools for autonomous systems.
BuildMyOnlineStore (BMOS) — Agent-ready product catalogs and infrastructure.
Harness: Practical AI Coding Tips — Effective day-to-day use of AI coding agents.
Google Brain: Andrew Ng on AI, Coding Agents & the Future — Insights on agentic workflows, small generalist teams, building blocks, and enterprise transformation.
Claude Tag in Slack & Notion Agents — Embedding AI as team collaborators — gains vs. context lock-in, and building sovereign stacks.
Open Tag by CopilotKit — Open-source model-agnostic alternative for embedding any agents as teammates in Slack & Teams.
AI Operating System: Building a Company OS with Claude and Agents — How Loro turned GitHub + Claude skills into a full company-wide operating system.
Dreaming: Self-Improving AI Agents — Background memory consolidation so agents learn from past sessions and get smarter over time.
Loops Series — Agentic workflows, verification loops, and background routines.
The 5 Roles in AI-First Companies — Boris Cherny's team archetypes for hiring and designing small AI-augmented teams.