START HERE — AM.CO.ZA public Knowledge Base

For other bots/agents in Eric’s account (and client AIs). Do not dump the whole tree. Read these files in order, then open only the folders you need.

Registered brand: am.co.za. When caps are needed: AM.CO.ZA (never mixed AM.co.za).

Offline mirror on Eric-Asus: T:\8i\data\amcoza
Public URL (when published): https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/
Also: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YqO1yzbIIAkihRWBHsOgIjiePiR3LQv_

Prefer .md only. Matching .html files are browser twins — skip them for ingest.

AI fetch order (save turnaround)

Map: AI-GATES.md

Stock ask? → STOCK.md → stock/HOW-TO.md → latest.json by SKU
Else → scenarios/INDEX.md (pick the matching pack)
Still not enough → this file + README / READING / HELPING / sources/

First reads (keep each under ~50 KB)

#	Path	Purpose
0	AI-GATES.md	Fetch order: stock → scenarios → full KB
1	`START_HERE.md`	This map
2	`README.md`	What this export is / trust rules
3	`READING.md`	System digest — how catalog, stock, rank, how-to fit
4	`HELPING.md`	Client-help opinion — what to suggest small businesses
5	`STOCK.md`	Pointer into live stock files (not the JSON itself)
6	`stock/OBSERVATIONS.md`	Stock colour / how to read qty
7	`stock/HOW-TO.md`	Use-rules for warehouse qty + am.im product slug
8	`ai-connect.md`	How a client AI plugs into this KB
9	`software/vinylcut/` + `software/inkrip/`	Separate software tracks (if relevant)
10	`website-llms/`	Per-site llms-full.txt for first-party sites
11	scenarios/INDEX.md · scenarios/roadmap.md · index.html	Question-type router + master shortcut roadmap → category packs, stock how-tos, packages-available, signals

That set is enough to orient. Facts live one-subject-per-file under sources/.

Do not load into a single Shell dump

These are large or tabular — open only when you need a specific answer:

INFORANK.md, SPILLRANK.md (~130 KB each) — use folder ranking/ notes instead when possible
MANIFEST.json — file inventory, not business knowledge
stock/latest.json and branch JSON — query by SKU, don’t paste whole
sources/products/, sources/training/, sources/company/ — thousands of pages; open by slug
Any .html twin

How to dig deeper

Need a product → sources/products/{slug}.md (or build am.im JSON URL from SKU: lowercase, non-letters → dash).
Need qty → stock/latest.json keys only for that SKU; never invent restock days.
Need a how-to → sources/training/ or manuals linked from the product page.
Need market colour → HELPING.md then YouTube channel notes under sources/youtube/.
Common client question type → scenarios/INDEX.md then scenarios/roadmap.md (first-shop / DTF / UV-DTF / vinyl / press / laser / CNC / wide-format / PhaseMagic / single-SKU stock / combo / software / troubleshoot / online-vs-floor / signals).

Internal Affairs (separate tree)

Company process lives in T:\I\export (not this public folder). Same rule: short digests first; never concatenate the whole IA tree. Public bots should not get IA unless Eric grants it.

Size rule for maintainers

Entry digests (this file, README, READING, HELPING, STOCK overview): keep each under ~50 KB, opinion + pointers only. Heavy tables stay in their own files/folders.

Size tiers (ChatGPT-friendly entry files)

Prefer the smallest tier that answers; then dig deeper.

Tier	Files	Intent
brief	https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/START_HERE.brief.txt · https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/START_HERE.brief.html	Ultra-short map (~3–8 KB)
medium	https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/START_HERE.medium.txt · https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/START_HERE.medium.html	Orient + trust + layout pointers (~12–32 KB)
full	this file · `start_here.html`	Full entry map

am.co.za site llms tiers: https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/website-llms/am.co.za (llms-brief.txt / llms-medium.txt / llms-full.txt).

Outreach (internal bots)

Path	Purpose
`outreach/HQ-VISIT-SAMPLE-GUIDE.md`	Sunnyrock HQ visit / sample guide for creator outreach (Poppy)