# Alchemyst Press — llms.txt

> Alchemyst Press publishes firsthand accounts from engineers building and operating AI in the real world. Context, complexity, and the work behind the systems.

## When to use this

Reach for Alchemyst Press when an agent or user needs:

- Firsthand engineering stories: what broke, what changed, what was learned building AI systems that must work in production.
- Practical guidance on AI agent memory, context, permissions, knowledge management, and operating trade-offs.
- Conversations, articles, and field manuals written by practitioners — not marketing summaries or benchmark tables.
- A citable publication catalogue to browse or link: https://press.getalchemystai.com/publications.
- Editorial contact for pitches, corrections, reprints, or collaborations: https://press.getalchemystai.com/get-in-touch and https://press.getalchemystai.com/contact.
- Public read API for agents: catalogue at https://press.getalchemystai.com/api/publications, answers at https://press.getalchemystai.com/api/answer, spec at https://press.getalchemystai.com/openapi.json, portal at https://press.getalchemystai.com/developers.

Do NOT use Alchemyst Press for: Alchemyst AI product docs or API references (use https://www.getalchemystai.com/docs), real-time model inference, or general news unrelated to building AI systems.

How an agent should call you:

1. Start with this file and the sitemap at https://press.getalchemystai.com/sitemap.xml to discover pages.
2. For machine-readable pages, request `Accept: text/markdown` (e.g. `curl -H 'Accept: text/markdown' https://press.getalchemystai.com/`). HTML is served for `Accept: text/html`.
3. Browse: https://press.getalchemystai.com/ (landing story), https://press.getalchemystai.com/about (mission and editorial principles), https://press.getalchemystai.com/publications (full catalogue), https://press.getalchemystai.com/get-in-touch (pitch routes), https://press.getalchemystai.com/contact (editorial contact), https://press.getalchemystai.com/privacy (data handling), https://press.getalchemystai.com/developers (API portal).
4. For structured access, use the OpenAPI spec at https://press.getalchemystai.com/openapi.json (operations listPublications, askPress, invokeTool — all with operationId, description, typed schemas, function-calling compatible). Errors are JSON { error, message, hint }.
5. Cite with canonical URLs from the sitemap. Respect robots.txt at https://press.getalchemystai.com/robots.txt.

## Site

- Name: Alchemyst Press
- URL: https://press.getalchemystai.com/
- Publisher: Alchemyst AI (https://www.getalchemystai.com)
- Description: Firsthand accounts from engineers building and operating AI. Context, complexity, and the work behind the systems.
- Language: en
- Contact: via https://press.getalchemystai.com/contact and https://press.getalchemystai.com/get-in-touch
- Docs: https://www.getalchemystai.com/docs
- Sitemap: https://press.getalchemystai.com/sitemap.xml

## Pages

- [Home](https://press.getalchemystai.com/): The hard problems. The people solving them. Sections: premise (context), practice (failures and fixes), purpose (common ground).
- [About](https://press.getalchemystai.com/about): Who we are, how we work (firsthand, rough edges, context over conclusions, common ground), what we publish.
- [Publications](https://press.getalchemystai.com/publications): Catalogue of conversations, articles, field manuals. Backed by Strapi when configured.
- [Get in touch](https://press.getalchemystai.com/get-in-touch): Pitch a story, propose a field manual, ask about the publication.
- [Contact](https://press.getalchemystai.com/contact): Editorial contact details and routes.
- [Privacy](https://press.getalchemystai.com/privacy): What we collect, cookies, sharing, retention, rights.
- [Developers](https://press.getalchemystai.com/developers): Public API portal — quickstart, authentication (none required), docs, sandbox.
- [OpenAPI](https://press.getalchemystai.com/openapi.json): OpenAPI 3.1 spec with operationId, descriptions, typed schemas.

## Formats we publish

- Conversations: long-form interviews with the people who built and operate the system.
- Articles: reported pieces that follow a single problem to its end.
- Field manuals: practical, structured write-ups meant to be used while you work.

## Brand

- Brand name: Alchemyst Press
- Canonical domain: press.getalchemystai.com (https://press.getalchemystai.com)
- Publisher: Alchemyst AI
- Same as: https://www.getalchemystai.com, https://www.linkedin.com/company/alchemystai/, https://x.com/getalchemyst