// VCOS — venture capital operating system

Deploy agents into your firm, not around it.

An agent stack and a second brain for emerging venture firms — installed straight into the Claude and GPT you already run. Operating in days, not quarters.

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No migration, no new SaaS Markdown in, markdown out No lock-in
// the question

You invest in AI-native companies. Is your firm one?

You back founders who build with agents from day one. But inside the firm, the work still runs on memory, scattered docs, and a partner's inbox. The tools your portfolio takes for granted haven't reached your own desk.

VCOS closes that gap — without a platform migration or a six-month rollout. Make the most of your management fee by doing more with less.

days
to operating with agents — not quarters
1
git repo holds your entire stack
$0
new SaaS seats to buy or learn
// how it works

Three pieces, one repo, zero lock-in.

VCOS installs into the assistant your firm already runs and gives your agents a memory that stays in sync. Everything lives in a git repo you own.

01

A firm-specific git repo

We stand up a private repo — vcos/your-firm — with the skills, prompts and workflows your firm needs, tuned to your thesis. It drops straight into Claude or GPT.

No technical skills needed. If you can use Claude, you can use VCOS — we handle the git side, you just work in the assistant.

02

A second brain, kept in sync

A pre-built knowledge vault — deal notes, founders, theses, memos — created and maintained by the agents and synced across your team, so context is always current.

03

Inside the Claude / GPT ecosystem

You inherit marketplace connectors and enterprise-grade security from day one. No middleware to babysit — just the assistant your team already opens every morning.

vcos/ridgeline-ventures main
skills/
memo-writer.mdskill
deal-screener.mdagent
founder-research.mdskill
vault/
deals/1,240
founders/
theses/
config.yamlclaude · gpt
// what you get

A minimum that's actually valuable.

We've done the work to build a stack worth running on day one — customizable to emerging and small VC firms, and ready to grow into custom agents when you are.

The agent stack

A curated set of skills, prompts and workflows that drop into the assistant your firm already runs.

  • Deal screening against your thesis
  • IC memos drafted from your notes
  • Founder & market research on demand

The second brain

An Obsidian vault of deal notes, founders and theses — interlinked, queryable, and maintained by the agents.

  • Synced across your whole team
  • Smart retrieval for sharper context
  • Your firm's memory, queryable

No lock-in, ever

It all lives in a git repo you own. Take it anywhere, update it over time, or use it as the base for a self-hosted stack.

  • Markdown in, markdown out
  • Swap models or self-host anytime
  • A clean path to mid-market tools
// the second brain

Your firm's memory, queryable.

Every note, deal and thesis interlinked in one vault. The agents don't re-read everything — they retrieve only what's relevant, so context is sharper and tokens are cheaper.

Smart retrieval, not brute force

The vault's links and structure let agents pull the few notes that matter — not the whole archive.

Lower token cost, every call

Less context shipped per request means meaningfully lower spend — and faster answers.

Synced across the team

Maintained by the agents and shared by everyone — the firm thinks with one memory, not five inboxes.

Lumen — seed memo
deals/lumen · 14 links
8.6
Thesis — seed infra
theses/seed-infra · 31 links
8.1
Priya Anand — founder
founders/p-anand · 9 links
7.9
Q2 dealflow review
memos/q2-review · 22 links
7.4
// connect your stack

Bring your own tools. Secure from day one.

Your agents work with the tools your firm already runs — connected through the Anthropic and OpenAI marketplaces, out the gate. You inherit enterprise-grade security from the assistant. For anything not supported natively, we build the connector.

inbox
Gmail Superhuman Outlook
calendar
Google Calendar Outlook
workspace
Notion Airtable Google Drive
crm
Affinity Attio HubSpot
research
Exa Harmonic Crunchbase PitchBook
The data stack
your second brain
Your agents
claude · gpt
deal screener
memo writer
founder research

Marketplace-native

Connect through the Claude and GPT marketplaces — no middleware to stand up or babysit.

Secure from day one

Enterprise-grade security inherited from the assistant — not bolted on after the fact.

We fill the gaps

Not supported natively? We build the connector — and suggest the data tools worth adding.

// why now

The window is open. Step through it.

Token economics are unusually favorable right now — and VCOS is built so you keep the upside when they change.

subsidized tokens

Ride the subsidy while it lasts

Run on subsidized usage through Anthropic or Codex Max plans and get real agent value at a fraction of the eventual cost.

built to migrate

No regret when prices shift

Because the stack is a portable repo, you can swap to cheaper models, or self-host, the moment the subsidies fade. No rebuild.

start small, grow

A base you grow into

Begin with a valuable minimum, then expand into custom agents and mid-market solutions on your own timeline — same foundation.

// pricing

One setup, your cadence.

A fixed setup gets you live. A light retainer keeps the stack current as the technology — and your thesis — move.

step one
Setup
Your firm-specific repo, agent stack and second brain — stood up and tuned to your thesis.
$10k
one-time

  • Private vcos/your-firm repo
  • Curated agents & skills
  • Pre-built Obsidian vault
  • Installed into Claude or GPT
  • 3 months of tuning & refinement included
hands-off
Fully managed
We run it end to end — fully embedded, all git pushes and maintenance handled for you.
Let's talk
scoped to your firm

  • Everything in Retainer
  • All git pushes & maintenance run by us
  • Embedded, hands-on partner
  • Priority roadmap input

Setup is one-time. Retainer is monthly or quarterly — same offering, your cadence.

// faq

The questions partners ask.

No. If your team can use Claude or ChatGPT, you can use VCOS — you work entirely inside the assistant you already know. The git repo runs quietly in the background as the home for your stack; you never have to touch it. We handle setup, updates and every git push (and on the fully-managed plan, we run all of it for you).
No. VCOS installs into the Claude or GPT your firm already runs. There's no migration, no new SaaS to learn, and no middleware to maintain — you keep your marketplace connectors and inherit enterprise-grade security as they exist today.
Your entire stack lives in a git repo you own — markdown in, markdown out. You can take it anywhere, edit it over time, swap to cheaper models, or use it as the foundation for a fully self-hosted agent stack. Nothing is trapped in a proprietary format.
Days, not quarters. Because we install into tools you already use and ship a pre-built stack tuned to your thesis, most firms are running real agent workflows — deal screening, memo drafting, research — within the first week.
The vault is interlinked and structured, so agents retrieve only the handful of notes relevant to a query instead of stuffing the whole archive into context. Less context shipped per call means meaningfully lower spend and faster answers.
You're covered by design. The portable repo means you can switch to cheaper models or self-host the moment the economics change — without a rebuild. You ride the subsidy now and keep the upside later.
Yes — that's the point. VCOS is a valuable minimum that's built to scale into custom agents and mid-market solutions on the same foundation. The retainer covers new agent creation as your needs grow.
// get started

Run an AI-native venture firm.

Book a call and we'll scope a VCOS stack tuned to your thesis — operating in days, not quarters.

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