{
  "version": "1.1.0",
  "generated": "2026-05-17",
  "title": "ZABAL Brand Kit",
  "subtitle": "Every brand under the ZABAL umbrella, what it is, and how to plug in.",
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "core",
      "label": "Core"
    },
    {
      "id": "governance",
      "label": "Governance"
    },
    {
      "id": "festivals",
      "label": "Festivals"
    },
    {
      "id": "music",
      "label": "Music + Audio"
    },
    {
      "id": "agency",
      "label": "Agency + Personal"
    },
    {
      "id": "agents",
      "label": "Agents + Bots"
    },
    {
      "id": "infra",
      "label": "Infrastructure"
    },
    {
      "id": "shows",
      "label": "Shows"
    },
    {
      "id": "tools",
      "label": "Tools + Snaps"
    }
  ],
  "statuses": [
    {
      "id": "active",
      "label": "Active",
      "color": "#22c55e"
    },
    {
      "id": "building",
      "label": "Building",
      "color": "#f5c842"
    },
    {
      "id": "paused",
      "label": "Paused",
      "color": "#94a3b8"
    },
    {
      "id": "graduated",
      "label": "Graduated",
      "color": "#00e5ff"
    },
    {
      "id": "experimenting",
      "label": "Experimenting",
      "color": "#ff6b35"
    }
  ],
  "brands": [
    {
      "id": "thezao",
      "name": "The ZAO",
      "tag": "Parent \u00b7 Impact Network",
      "tagColor": "orange",
      "status": "active",
      "category": "core",
      "blurb": "The umbrella DAO and impact network. Music + web3 community with 188+ members governing, collaborating, and shipping together. Everything else orbits this.",
      "founded": "2024",
      "audience": "188 gated members on Base + open Farcaster + Discord",
      "monetization": "Sponsorships, festival revenue, $ZABAL token economy, Pro Tickets",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Website",
          "url": "https://thezao.com"
        },
        {
          "label": "App",
          "url": "https://zaoos.com"
        },
        {
          "label": "Newsletter",
          "url": "https://paragraph.com/@thezao"
        },
        {
          "label": "Farcaster /zao",
          "url": "https://farcaster.xyz/~/channel/zao"
        },
        {
          "label": "X",
          "url": "https://x.com/thezao"
        },
        {
          "label": "GitHub",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/ZAOOS"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "sponsor": {
          "label": "Sponsor a festival or program",
          "url": "mailto:zaal@thezao.com?subject=ZAO sponsorship"
        },
        "collab": {
          "label": "Co-build a feature or chapter",
          "url": "https://farcaster.xyz/zaal"
        },
        "customer": {
          "label": "Join the gated community",
          "url": "https://thezao.com/community"
        },
        "contributor": {
          "label": "Submit to a fractal session",
          "url": "https://farcaster.xyz/~/channel/zao"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "zaoos",
      "name": "ZAO OS",
      "tag": "App \u00b7 Monorepo Lab",
      "tagColor": "cyan",
      "status": "active",
      "category": "core",
      "blurb": "The gated Farcaster client where ZAO members govern, post, listen, and trade. Also the lab where new ecosystem things get prototyped before they graduate to their own home.",
      "founded": "2024",
      "audience": "188 gated members + dev contributors",
      "monetization": "OSS, no direct revenue; graduates billed to BCZ Strategies",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "App",
          "url": "https://zaoos.com"
        },
        {
          "label": "Repo",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/ZAOOS"
        },
        {
          "label": "Research library (729 docs)",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/ZAOOS/tree/main/research"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "contributor": {
          "label": "Open a PR",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/ZAOOS/pulls"
        },
        "customer": {
          "label": "Get gated access",
          "url": "https://thezao.com/community"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "zabal",
      "name": "$ZABAL",
      "tag": "Token \u00b7 Empire V3",
      "tagColor": "gold",
      "status": "active",
      "category": "core",
      "blurb": "The umbrella token across Zaal-led brands. Base contract 0xbB48...0b07. Empire V3 0xe0fa...1462 is the multi-project token substrate.",
      "founded": "2024",
      "audience": "Token holders + Empire Builder community",
      "monetization": "Native token, used for access + Pro Tickets + tipping",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Empire Builder",
          "url": "https://www.empirebuilder.world/"
        },
        {
          "label": "ZABAL Live Hub",
          "url": "https://thezao.com/zabal"
        },
        {
          "label": "Clanker",
          "url": "https://clanker.world/"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "customer": {
          "label": "Buy $ZABAL on Base",
          "url": "https://clanker.world/"
        },
        "contributor": {
          "label": "Hold + vote in haatz",
          "url": "https://thezao.com/zabal"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "zao-festivals",
      "name": "ZAO Festivals",
      "tag": "Umbrella \u00b7 IRL",
      "tagColor": "pink",
      "status": "active",
      "category": "festivals",
      "blurb": "The umbrella for every ZAO IRL music festival. ZAOstock is flagship; ZAO-PALOOZA (NYC 2024) and ZAO-CHELLA (Miami 2024) were prior chapters. NextZAOville (DMV, July 2026) is next.",
      "founded": "2024",
      "audience": "Independent artists + ZAO members + city-level music communities",
      "monetization": "Pro Tickets, sponsorships, fiscal sponsorship via Fractured Atlas / New Media Commons",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "ZAO Festivals overview",
          "url": "https://thezao.com/festivals"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "sponsor": {
          "label": "Sponsor a chapter",
          "url": "mailto:zaal@thezao.com?subject=ZAO Festivals sponsorship"
        },
        "collab": {
          "label": "Co-host a chapter in your city",
          "url": "mailto:zaal@thezao.com?subject=Co-host ZAO Festival"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "zaostock",
      "name": "ZAOstock",
      "tag": "Festival \u00b7 2026 Flagship",
      "tagColor": "gold",
      "status": "active",
      "category": "festivals",
      "blurb": "Year-1 outdoor community music festival in Ellsworth, Maine. Oct 3 2026. Independent artists, one stage, all day. Free to attend. Part of 9th Annual Art of Ellsworth.",
      "founded": "2025",
      "audience": "Independent musicians + visual artists + Ellsworth/Maine community + 4M+ Acadia visitors annually",
      "monetization": "$50 Pro Tickets + sponsorships (3 tracks) + fiscal sponsorship",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Site",
          "url": "https://zaostock.com"
        },
        {
          "label": "Repo",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/zaostock"
        },
        {
          "label": "Pro Ticket",
          "url": "https://zaostock.com#pro-ticket"
        },
        {
          "label": "Sponsor deck",
          "url": "mailto:zaal@thezao.com?subject=ZAOstock sponsor deck"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "sponsor": {
          "label": "Sponsor a track ($1-25K)",
          "url": "mailto:zaal@thezao.com?subject=ZAOstock sponsorship"
        },
        "customer": {
          "label": "Get a $50 Pro Ticket",
          "url": "https://zaostock.com#pro-ticket"
        },
        "collab": {
          "label": "Submit lineup (musicians/artists)",
          "url": "https://zaostock.com/apply"
        },
        "contributor": {
          "label": "Volunteer",
          "url": "https://zaostock.com/volunteer"
        },
        "contact": "info@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "nextzaoville",
      "name": "NextZAOville",
      "tag": "Festival \u00b7 DMV 2026",
      "tagColor": "pink",
      "status": "building",
      "category": "festivals",
      "blurb": "DMV chapter of ZAO Festivals, co-hosted with DCoop (The VEC). July 2026. Cross-promoted across the ZAO Festivals series. Early lineup: PROF!T, ELYVN, more.",
      "founded": "2026",
      "audience": "DMV music community + ZAO ecosystem",
      "monetization": "TBD; ZAOstock model expected",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Announcement (in ZAOstock site Lineage section)",
          "url": "https://zaostock.com#lineage"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "collab": {
          "label": "Co-host (DMV music orgs)",
          "url": "mailto:zaal@thezao.com?subject=NextZAOville"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "coc-concertz",
      "name": "COC Concertz",
      "tag": "Graduated \u00b7 Virtual Concerts",
      "tagColor": "muted",
      "status": "graduated",
      "category": "festivals",
      "blurb": "Virtual concert community with 13+ promoters. Graduated out of ZAOOS into own repo + domain in early 2026.",
      "founded": "2023",
      "audience": "13+ promoters + virtual concert audience",
      "monetization": "Concert ticketing + sponsorships",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Repo",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/CoCConcertZ"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "contributor": {
          "label": "PR the repo",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/CoCConcertZ/pulls"
        },
        "collab": {
          "label": "Promoter inquiries",
          "url": "mailto:zaal@thezao.com?subject=COC Concertz"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "wavewarz",
      "name": "WaveWarZ",
      "tag": "Music \u00b7 Solana Production",
      "tagColor": "cyan",
      "status": "active",
      "category": "music",
      "blurb": "Agentic music battles on Solana mainnet. 735 battles + 472 SOL traded as of audit. Cofounders Hurric4n3Ike (lead dev) + candytoybox / Samantha. Becoming WaveWarZ LabZ LLC Texas.",
      "founded": "2024",
      "audience": "Solana music + crypto audience",
      "monetization": "On-chain battle fees + sponsorships + token economy",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Main site",
          "url": "https://wavewarz.com/"
        },
        {
          "label": "Intelligence dashboard",
          "url": "https://wavewarz-intelligence.vercel.app/"
        },
        {
          "label": "Spectator app (demo)",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/wavewarzapp"
        },
        {
          "label": "Base port (early)",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/wwbase"
        },
        {
          "label": "BCZ wavewarz brief",
          "url": "https://bettercallzaal.com/wavewarz/"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "sponsor": {
          "label": "Sponsor a battle / season",
          "url": "mailto:zaal@thezao.com?subject=WaveWarZ sponsorship"
        },
        "customer": {
          "label": "Enter a battle",
          "url": "https://wavewarz.com/"
        },
        "collab": {
          "label": "Technical co-founder applications (Base)",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/wwbase"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "fishbowlz",
      "name": "FISHBOWLZ",
      "tag": "Audio Rooms \u00b7 Reviving",
      "tagColor": "pink",
      "status": "building",
      "category": "music",
      "blurb": "Co-host + raised-hand audio rooms on Farcaster. Reviving on Juke audio stack. New moderation: 4+ permanent co-hosts, audience self-mute auto-demotes (novel pattern). Spec in Doc 662.",
      "founded": "2024",
      "audience": "Farcaster music community + ZAO event hosts",
      "monetization": "TBD; tip jar + sponsored rooms candidate",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Standalone repo",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/fishbowlz"
        },
        {
          "label": "Spec (Doc 662)",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/ZAOOS/tree/main/research/music/662-fishbowlz-revival-juke-mute-lockout"
        },
        {
          "label": "Juke (partner)",
          "url": "https://juke.audio"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "collab": {
          "label": "Juke API + co-host pilots",
          "url": "https://juke.audio/developers"
        },
        "contributor": {
          "label": "PR the standalone repo",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/fishbowlz"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "songjam",
      "name": "SongJam \u00b7 $SANG",
      "tag": "Music \u00b7 Token",
      "tagColor": "cyan",
      "status": "active",
      "category": "music",
      "blurb": "SongJam's $SANG token + jam tooling. Music + AI + community in one stack. Partner brand to The ZAO.",
      "founded": "2024",
      "audience": "Music + crypto community",
      "monetization": "$SANG token economy + integrations",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "SongJam",
          "url": "https://songjam.io"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "customer": {
          "label": "Hold $SANG",
          "url": "https://songjam.io"
        },
        "collab": {
          "label": "Partner integrations",
          "url": "mailto:zaal@thezao.com?subject=SongJam x ZAO"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "aurdour",
      "name": "Aurdour",
      "tag": "Music \u00b7 OSS DJ",
      "tagColor": "cyan",
      "status": "paused",
      "category": "music",
      "blurb": "Professional two-deck DJ platform with Flow Mode auto-DJ for non-DJs. Feature-complete (412 MB repo, polish done April 4 2026). OSS-ready, needs community ask.",
      "founded": "2025",
      "audience": "DJs + bedroom producers + ZAO music ops",
      "monetization": "OSS, no direct revenue; potential SaaS Flow Mode tier",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Repo",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/Aurdour"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "contributor": {
          "label": "PR the OSS DJ tool",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/Aurdour/pulls"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "bcz",
      "name": "BetterCallZaal",
      "tag": "Agency \u00b7 Personal Brand",
      "tagColor": "orange",
      "status": "active",
      "category": "agency",
      "blurb": "Zaal's personal brand + the agency layer. BCZ Strategies LLC (Delaware). Engineer, builder, connector, ecosystem architect. The umbrella entity behind every ZAO brand.",
      "founded": "2023",
      "audience": "Founders + protocols + agencies needing a connector",
      "monetization": "Consulting fees, project work, retainers",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Site",
          "url": "https://bettercallzaal.com"
        },
        {
          "label": "Farcaster",
          "url": "https://farcaster.xyz/bettercallzaal"
        },
        {
          "label": "X",
          "url": "https://x.com/bettercallzaal"
        },
        {
          "label": "YouTube",
          "url": "https://youtube.com/@bettercallzaal"
        },
        {
          "label": "LinkedIn",
          "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaalp/"
        },
        {
          "label": "GitHub",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "customer": {
          "label": "Hire BCZ (got a problem?)",
          "url": "https://bettercallzaal.com#contact"
        },
        "collab": {
          "label": "Bring a project to the table",
          "url": "https://bettercallzaal.com#contact"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@bettercallzaal.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "bcz-yapz",
      "name": "BCZ YapZ",
      "tag": "Show \u00b7 Graduated",
      "tagColor": "cyan",
      "status": "graduated",
      "category": "shows",
      "blurb": "Zaal's interview / yapping show. Graduated to own repo + bczyapz.com in May 2026. Hosted at /bczyapz/ on bettercallzaal.com.",
      "founded": "2025",
      "audience": "Web3 + music + culture audience",
      "monetization": "Sponsorships + clips",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Site",
          "url": "https://bczyapz.com"
        },
        {
          "label": "Repo",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/bcz-yapz"
        },
        {
          "label": "BCZ landing",
          "url": "https://bettercallzaal.com/bczyapz/"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "sponsor": {
          "label": "Sponsor an episode",
          "url": "mailto:zaal@bettercallzaal.com?subject=BCZ YapZ sponsorship"
        },
        "collab": {
          "label": "Be a guest",
          "url": "https://farcaster.xyz/bettercallzaal"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@bettercallzaal.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "ltae",
      "name": "Let's Talk About ETH (with Maceo)",
      "tag": "Show \u00b7 Building",
      "tagColor": "pink",
      "status": "building",
      "category": "shows",
      "blurb": "Recurring show with cohost Ohnahji B + Maceo. Rebrand from \"Let's Talk About Web3\". Live build-with-Claude segments + ETH ecosystem deep dives. Public artifacts at B-ZBUILD2.",
      "founded": "2024",
      "audience": "ETH community + web3 builders",
      "monetization": "Pods.media + episode sponsorships",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Pods.media",
          "url": "https://pods.media/lets-talk-about-web3/"
        },
        {
          "label": "B-ZBUILD2 repo",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/B-ZBUILD2"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "sponsor": {
          "label": "Sponsor an episode",
          "url": "mailto:zaal@bettercallzaal.com?subject=LTAE sponsorship"
        },
        "collab": {
          "label": "Guest pitch",
          "url": "https://farcaster.xyz/bettercallzaal"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@bettercallzaal.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "newsletter",
      "name": "Year of the ZABAL",
      "tag": "Newsletter \u00b7 Daily",
      "tagColor": "gold",
      "status": "active",
      "category": "shows",
      "blurb": "Daily newsletter in Zaal's voice. Posts about The ZAO + WaveWarZ + ZABAL ecosystem activity. Distributed via Paragraph.",
      "founded": "2025",
      "audience": "400+ subscribers + ZAO ecosystem followers",
      "monetization": "Free; supports brand awareness for paid surfaces",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Paragraph",
          "url": "https://paragraph.com/@thezao"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "customer": {
          "label": "Subscribe",
          "url": "https://paragraph.com/@thezao"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "zoe",
      "name": "ZOE",
      "tag": "Agent \u00b7 Concierge",
      "tagColor": "cyan",
      "status": "active",
      "category": "agents",
      "blurb": "@zaoclaw_bot \u2014 single concierge for tasks, captures, brief/reflect, recall. ZAO's primary agent surface. Hermes-brain pattern. Runs on VPS + uses Claude Max subscription.",
      "founded": "2025",
      "audience": "Zaal + ZAO team",
      "monetization": "Internal tool; no direct revenue",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Source",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/ZAOOS/tree/main/bot/src/zoe"
        },
        {
          "label": "Telegram",
          "url": "https://t.me/zaoclaw_bot"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "contributor": {
          "label": "PR the bot",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/ZAOOS"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "hermes",
      "name": "Hermes",
      "tag": "Agent \u00b7 Auto-PR",
      "tagColor": "orange",
      "status": "active",
      "category": "agents",
      "blurb": "@zoe_hermes_bot \u2014 autonomous fix-PR pipeline. Coder + critic + auto-PR. The agent that ships code. Coordinates with ZAO Devz on group dispatch.",
      "founded": "2025",
      "audience": "Zaal + dev contributors",
      "monetization": "Internal tool",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Source",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/ZAOOS/tree/main/bot/src/hermes"
        },
        {
          "label": "Telegram",
          "url": "https://t.me/zoe_hermes_bot"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "contributor": {
          "label": "PR the pipeline",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/ZAOOS"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "zao-devz",
      "name": "ZAO Devz",
      "tag": "Agent \u00b7 Group Dispatch",
      "tagColor": "cyan",
      "status": "active",
      "category": "agents",
      "blurb": "@zaodevz_bot \u2014 group dispatch + hourly learning tip. Group surface for developer coordination. Phase 3 fold-in to Hermes pending.",
      "founded": "2025",
      "audience": "ZAO dev community",
      "monetization": "Internal tool",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Source",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/ZAOOS/tree/main/bot/src/devz"
        },
        {
          "label": "Telegram",
          "url": "https://t.me/zaodevz_bot"
        }
      ],
      "plugIn": {
        "contributor": {
          "label": "PR the bot",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/ZAOOS"
        },
        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "zaocoworkingbot",
      "name": "ZAOcoworkingBot",
      "tag": "Agent \u00b7 Team Tracker",
      "tagColor": "orange",
      "status": "building",
      "category": "agents",
      "blurb": "@ZAOcoworkingBot \u2014 universal team action tracker across all brands (Zaal + Iman + ThyRev + Samantha). Doc 650. Live on VPS. Multi-model + BYOK (Claude / OpenAI / MiniMax).",
      "founded": "2026",
      "audience": "ZAO + WaveWarZ + COC Concertz teams",
      "monetization": "Internal team tool",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Spec (Doc 650)",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/ZAOOS/tree/main/research/agents/650-cowork-zaodevz-imanagent"
        },
        {
          "label": "Telegram",
          "url": "https://t.me/ZAOcoworkingBot"
        }
      ],
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        {
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      "monetization": "OSS, no direct revenue",
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          "label": "ZAO Fractal app",
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        {
          "label": "Discord bot (April)",
          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/fractalbotapril2026"
        },
        {
          "label": "ORDAO (partner)",
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          "label": "Respect Game (partner)",
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      "founded": "2026",
      "audience": "ZAO artist roster + independent musicians",
      "monetization": "Music distribution royalties + 0xSplits artist payouts",
      "links": [
        {
          "label": "Music entity overview (Doc 475)",
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      "monetization": "Internal tool",
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      "monetization": "Zora mint fees + on-chain attention markets",
      "links": [
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          "label": "ZAOOS mount",
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          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/ZOUNZ/pulls"
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        "contact": "zaal@thezao.com"
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      "audience": "Builders + ZAO ecosystem followers",
      "monetization": "Free; supports brand awareness",
      "links": [
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          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/bcz-journal"
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          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/bcz-journal/pulls"
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        "contact": "zaal@bettercallzaal.com"
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      "founded": "2026",
      "audience": "ZAO ops + Bonfires power users",
      "monetization": "OSS, no direct revenue",
      "links": [
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          "url": "https://github.com/bettercallzaal/textsplitter"
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          "label": "Bonfires deep-dive (Doc 665)",
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