a1st
Standardize and unify AI agent configuration across all AI-enabled code editors and platforms.
At a Glance
- Software developers
- AI-enabled engineering teams
AI Tools by a1st
(1)aix
AI Assistant Config CLI Tool
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Products & Services
A unified CLI tool and configuration standard (ai.json) for AI-enabled code editors. It allows developers to define skills, prompts, and MCP servers once and deploy them to Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Windsurf, Zed, and Codex.
Market Position
A1st positions itself as the infrastructure layer for AI editor configuration, competing with fragmented editor-specific settings by offering a cross-editor standard.
Leadership
Founders
Matt Luedke
Senior software engineer with over 15 years of experience. Previously at New Jersey Office of Innovation, focusing on human-centered design and agile engineering. Author of the 'aix' unified AI configuration tool.
Executive Team
Matt Luedke
Founder
Experienced software developer and lead of the a1st-dev GitHub organization.
Founding Story
Started to solve the problem of fragmented configurations across different AI editors (Cursor, Copilot, etc.), enabling developers to maintain a single source of truth for AI skills and prompts.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Currently offered as an open-source CLI tool via npm (@a1st/aix).
Pricing Tiers
Full access to the CLI and configuration management.
Target Markets
- Software developers
- AI-enabled engineering teams
- Standardizing AI coding rules for engineering teams
- Managing AI agent skills across multiple development environments
- Discovering and installing MCP servers
- Open-source developers
- Early adopters of AI coding agents