First Public Record of DIL (Distributed Intent Ledger), a global memory system for AI Agents & AI Assistants

This post is the first public record of the Distributed Intent Ledger (DIL) concept, by Jason B Ziegler Sr.

Published on February 28, 2026 on threeriversduckclub.com, this note establishes the initial public provenance anchor before wider repository publication.

This post is a public provenance record for the Distributed Intent Ledger (DIL) concept, by Jason B Ziegler Sr.

Published on February 28, 2026 on threeriversduckclub.com, this note establishes an early public provenance anchor before wider repository publication.

DIL is a local-first, filesystem-native protocol for durable agent memory and coordination, with Markdown-format files as the source of truth and human-auditable records.

Distinguishing characteristics:

• A shared memory sytem featuring machine and environment independence
• Agent and Assistant independence
• Global persistent memories and tasks for AI Agents, AI Assistants, and Human users working in shared environments
• Filesystem-as-bus transport, initially using Obsidian-synchronized vaults
• A VPN-defined collection of machines (Tailscale in the current deployment)
• A practical approach to persistent cross-machine agent memory from bare-metal through daily operation

Provenance notes:

• Domain: threeriversduckclub.com (public registration records indicate November 19, 2001; predates the modern web app universe of Twitter/X, GitHub and Facebook and other globally available sites).
• Application history evidence: TRiv OpenSeason database table open_season_prod.seasons includes earliest season row 2005-2006 Season with begin_date=2005-11-27.
• DIL concept publication date on this domain: February 28, 2026.
• Canonical project label: Distributed Intent Ledger (DIL).

Follow-up: a public GitHub project page references this post as a provenance anchor... DIL