Introduction
Kun (كن) — The Databayt Engine
Kun (كن)
The configuration layer that makes Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cowork, and the Agent SDK work as one engine — running both the technical and the business side of Databayt.
Kun is not a server and not a platform. It is the brain that coordinates 14 repositories, 7 people, and every tool in the stack — from git commit to Stripe checkout to Monday planning.
Say the word. It happens.
New here? Start with Onboarding. One paste takes a fresh Mac, Windows, or Linux machine to a fully provisioned databayt workstation.
The core insight
Don't build what Anthropic ships — configure it. Every capability below is a markdown file or a JSON entry, not a service to operate.
| Layer | Count | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Agents | 46 | 19 company + 27 stack specialists, in two plugins |
| Skills | 55 | One word in, a complete workflow out |
| Keywords | 160 | The vocabulary that routes prose to config |
| MCP | 20 | Live connections to external services |
| Rules | 37 | Atomic guardrails that auto-load on file touch |
| Hooks | 9 | Automation the engine can't forget to run |
Canonical values live in .claude/engine.json; /health flags drift between it and reality.
How it works
You don't type slash commands. You write prose, and the engine picks the keywords out of it.
| You say | What happens |
|---|---|
dev | Kill port 3000 → start the server → open Chrome |
ship | Check → deploy to Vercel production → verify |
qa admission | Detect → verify → fix safe tiers → one signoff issue |
release auth | Handover → check → ship → watch → close the issue |
The pipeline
Idea to production, one stage per skill, one human gate.
IDEA → SPEC → [PLAN → TASKS] → SCHEMA → CODE → WIRE → CHECK → SHIP → WATCH
└─ human gate ─┘
/feature <name> chains every stage. Each is also a standalone skill with its own exit gate.
The drive
Cash flow first. Break-even or bust. This governs every decision and settles every argument — when two options tie on the canon, the one closer to revenue wins.
- Burn:
$500/month — Claude Max 5x ($100) + services ($300). No salaries yet. - Capital: $5K, ~10 months runway.
- Posture: subscription-only. No usage credits, no API-key spend.
- Metric: active paying schools —
docs/NORTH-STAR.md.
The team
Seven people. IDs are CRM and Slack logins (<id>@databayt.org).
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Abdout | Founder & Tech Lead — the visionary |
| Ibrahim | Senior Fullstack & Mobile Engineer — owns the iOS/Android lane |
| Moutaz | Product Engineer — bridges engineering and business; owns the Albayan pilot |
| Aseel | Sales & QA — owns CRM pipeline hygiene |
| Moed | Business Development — outreach, copy, network |
| Samia | R&D — languages, voice, copywriting, steelmanning |
| Sedon | Ops — DevOps, reality-driven execution |
The products
| Product | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hogwarts | Education SaaS — flagship | Active, two pilots |
| Mkan | Rental marketplace | Phase 1 done |
| Souq | E-commerce | MVP, paused |
| Shifa | Medical platform | Early, paused |
| Codebase | Pattern library | Active |
Pilots
| Pilot | Where | Status |
|---|---|---|
| King Fahad | Sudan, 3 branches | Go-live target September 2026 — the proof-of-concept case study |
| Albayan | Khartoum, Sudan | Onboarded June 2026, free MENA-10 |
| Aldar | Abu Dhabi, 29 schools | Prospect — AED 180K pilot proposed |
Sprint goal: two free MENA-10 pilots with documented PMF signal. That gates the Q4 cash decision.
The company
Databayt (داتابايت) builds products that automate real-world operations — schools, rentals, commerce, healthcare — on a shared component library and one configuration engine.
- Website: databayt.org
- GitHub: github.com/databayt — 14 repos, all public
- License: SSPL — open source; commercial use requires a license
Principles
- Configure over build — don't rebuild what Anthropic ships
- Architecture over vibe coding — humans design, AI generates within constraints
- Guardrails as training data — every good component teaches the next one
- Full spectrum — the engine runs the business, not just the build
- Open source, shared economy — build in the open, sustain through value
Deeper: Architecture · Configuration · Captain
The decision framework itself is not yet published — it lives in the repo as docs/PRINCIPLES.md, docs/CONSTITUTION.md, docs/CANON.md, and docs/NORTH-STAR.md.