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type.com vs HQ

Cloud fit
type.com

Hosted, with nothing to install. Claude and Codex run in shared cloud workspaces your team reaches from the browser, desktop app, Slack, or email.

HQ

Local-first: the full workspace is ordinary files opened in an AI coding tool, with Git as a technical dependency and HQ Cloud syncing copies between machines.

Mixed technical team
type.com

1–3 people build skills and automations; everyone else asks from Slack, email, or the browser.

HQ

A smaller operator group usually installs HQ and builds skills, while everyone else uses those workflows through Claude Desktop, the ChatGPT app, or bots.

Portability
type.com

Skills use the SKILL.md format, Skills Library skills download as packages for Claude Code or Codex, and teams bring their own Claude or Codex subscriptions.

HQ

Company knowledge lives in plain files your company owns, on an open-source core.

Governance
type.com

Public or private Spaces, personal or shared connections assigned per Space, and every skill has an owner, suggested changes, and version history.

HQ

Skills are shared files that can be reviewed, tested, and rolled back, and connections sit in an encrypted vault granted to people, groups, or bots.

Pick type.com if you want nothing installed on anyone's laptop, with a few people building skills and automations for everyone else.

Pick HQ if you want company knowledge in plain files with an open-source core, or your team is larger than 40 people.

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