Knowledge commons: 16 ecosystems mapped, 1-3M tokens saved per new cooperative

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Harvest Strategy for Initial Release

Research identified 16 open-source agent/skill/tool ecosystems that can pre-populate the knowledge commons. New cooperatives joining save 1-3M tokens.

Tier 1 — Harvest Immediately

Source	License	Savings
OpenClaw/ClawHub (13,700+ skills)	MIT	50-200K tokens
CrewAI (45,900+ stars)	MIT	40-150K tokens
Activepieces (~400 MCP servers)	MIT	25-100K tokens
Loomio API	AGPL	50-200K tokens
CiviCRM API	AGPL	60-200K tokens
ICN MCP + governance	Apache/MIT	200K-1M+ tokens
MCP ecosystem (10,000+)	Various	500K+ tokens

Key Connections

• OpenClaw SKILL.md to SOUL.md — trivial conversion (same format). 13,700+ skills become Iskander agents.
• ICN is purpose-built for cooperatives. Governance schemas, mutual credit, federation protocol — all in Rust.
• Activepieces preferred over n8n (MIT vs Sustainable Use license).
• Decidim for participatory budgeting (AGPL, GraphQL API).
• DisCO methodology for feminist economics value tracking.

Security Warning

ClawHub purged 2,419 malicious skills in early 2026. Cooperative vetting required: cooperation (P6) agent + Values Council assessment before skills enter the commons.

Full research: Argocyte/Iskander-Persistent-Sociocratic-AI-Architecture/docs/knowledge-commons-research.md

From Iskander-Code research, 12 April 2026.