# Protechtus

> Protechtus LLC is a small engineering studio in Draper, Utah (Utah LLC since 2012). It builds local-first AI infrastructure that checks itself as it ages, Sextant first, and is preparing a plain-English publication on security and AI for people who are not engineers. Every claim on protechtus.com is checked against a source or labeled.

Last verified: 2026-11-09. This file is the Markdown version of https://protechtus.com/ for agents and readers who prefer text. See /llms.txt for the index.

## What the studio builds

- **Sextant**: a local-first AI memory and orchestration platform. MCP memory server with 30 tools, a temporal knowledge graph, a task queue and scheduler, and a memory that re-verifies its own stale facts. 4,000+ automated tests, CI on Linux, macOS and Windows, Python 3.11+, Apache-2.0, v0.1.0, in daily use by its author. Public release in progress; https://usesextant.com.
- **Research library**: a private corpus of 4,000+ research reports, nearly all carrying a current verification review, re-checked on a staleness schedule, with a citation guard that rejects fabricated sources. It backs every guide the publication will publish.
- **Extracted libraries** (private, may open): epistemic-decay, inspiration-engine, rpo-guard. Each left Sextant when it no longer needed Sextant; each ships with its own tests.
- **Terminal tools**: a suite of terminal apps on a shared base library (Python, Textual and Rich); release planned.

## The publication

Area name "Protechtus Daily" (a name, not a schedule). Verified, plain-English guides on security and AI, with printable versions. Status 2026-11-09: in preparation; the pages on the site are layout previews and say so. First topics: consumer scams, household backup, passwords and passkeys, the first hour after a hack.

## Who

Jay Pitts, engineer in Draper, Utah. SSCA certified; studying CompTIA Security+ and Network+. Grew up fixing machines in the Salt Lake Valley. Full story: /md/about.md.

## Contact

hello@protechtus.com. Direct is fine.

## Pages

- /md/work.md: the studio, who builds it, selected work, engineering values
- /md/sextant.md: the Sextant write-up
- /md/projects.md: the project shelf with status per project
- /md/about.md: the founder story
- /md/publication.md: the publication arm and its verification rule