Which Brigade is this? brigade-cli, not the Kubernetes one - Brigade - shared memory, tools, and MCP for your AI agents

Searching "Brigade" turns up a Kubernetes tool, an agent crew, and an old Python package. Here is which Brigade this is, and which one you found.

Short answer: this Brigade is brigade-cli, a local operator layer for AI coding agents from Escoffier Labs. You install it with pipx install brigade-cli and run it as brigade. It is not the Kubernetes Brigade, not the Spinabot agent crew, and not the old Python package that became Nornir. Same word, different tools.

The Brigades you might have found

Name	What it is	How to tell
Brigade (this one)	local operator layer for AI coding agents: one reviewed source of memory, MCP, and tools, with receipts	`pipx install brigade-cli`, site brigade.tools, GitHub `escoffier-labs/brigade`
Brigade (CNCF / Microsoft)	event-driven scripting for Kubernetes	site brigade.sh, archived in 2022, about Kubernetes pipelines
Brigade (Spinabot)	a self-hosted crew of agents with shared “Tideline” memory	brigade.spinabot.com
`brigade` (2017 PyPI)	an old network-automation package	renamed to Nornir years ago

How to be sure you have the right one

The package is brigade-cli on PyPI, not brigade.
The command is brigade, and brigade --version reports the brigade-cli version.
The home is brigade.tools and github.com/escoffier-labs/brigade.
It is about coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Hermes, OpenClaw), not Kubernetes.

If you came here looking for the Kubernetes Brigade, you want brigade.sh, which is now archived. If you wanted the Spinabot agent crew, that is brigade.spinabot.com. If you want the local operator layer for your coding agents, you are in the right place.

What Brigade does and the quickstart.