DWSD.md

Dynamic Work Systems Design

DWSD.md

The organizational harness for AI agents

Describe your organization in Markdown. Readable by humans and agents alike.

Like AGENTS.md, but for organizations.

Conformant with the Open Knowledge Format — DWSD is its organizational profile.

Define Map Assess Design Elevate Practice Org Design Strategy Structure Processes Rewards People Concept Galbraith ★ org.md team.md type: team [[Sales]] name: "Acme" Harness Markdown Reality the territory

Human leads on the complex — Practice & Concept. The Harness maps the messy Reality below.

Agent reads the complicated — the Markdown Harness mapping the messy Reality. The org layers stay.

How it works

Define what you want to achieve, map your org, assess how work flows, design better systems, elevate performance — all in Markdown.

Define

Name what you want to achieve — the goals, and the tensions that stand in the way.

Map

Capture your current topology — teams, work systems, and flows — as Markdown files.

Assess

Surface bottlenecks, misalignments, and dependencies across your org structure.

Design

Shape improved work systems and make your decisions auditable and agent-readable.

Elevate

Continuously refine — closing the loop between human intent and organizational execution.

Try it yourself

Start with a single ORG.md file. Add entities as Markdown files. Hand the folder to your agent.

Start here

→ See Goldcrust Bakery

The same page, as Markdown:

index.md
## How it works
Define what you want to achieve, map your org, assess how work flows, design better systems, elevate performance — all in Markdown.
- **Define** — Name what you want to achieve — the goals, and the tensions that stand in the way.
- **Map** — Capture your current topology — teams, work systems, and flows — as Markdown files.
- **Assess** — Surface bottlenecks, misalignments, and dependencies across your org structure.
- **Design** — Shape improved work systems and make your decisions auditable and agent-readable.
- **Elevate** — Continuously refine — closing the loop between human intent and organizational execution.
## Try it yourself
Start with a single `ORG.md` file. Add entities as Markdown files. Hand the folder to your agent.
- [Start here](/start)
- [See Goldcrust Bakery](/example/goldcrust-bakery)