Running a Company on AI Agents. The Useful Number isn't 100%
Eighteen months building a company-running OS in Claude Code — what worked, what I got wrong, and the open-source workspace it became: Ikenga.
May 24, 2026·11 min
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Discover the latest insights, news, and updates from the world of music royalties and technology.
158 posts
The Hidden Cost of Unclaimed Royalties
There may be royalties with your name on them sitting unclaimed. So we made a post explaining just what black box royalties are and what you can do about them.
May 18, 2026·5 min
Skills should produce artifacts, not markdown
Open-sourcing ikenga-artifact-builder: a Claude Code skill that teaches the agent to produce single-file HTML artifacts (dashboards, comparisons, mockups, long-reads) instead of markdown summaries. Apache-2.0, installable via npx skills.
May 14, 2026·3 min
Letting Claude, and other agents, drive your work: open-sourcing the Ikenga iyke MCP bridge
An Apache 2.0 MCP server that lets any MCP client read the DOM, click, type and screenshot a running Tauri 2 app — and what three months of not shipping did.
Aug 12, 2026·11 min
If AI Writes Your Hook, Who Owns It?
You used AI to write the hook, and now a publisher is asking questions. Here is what Nigerian artists need to know about AI and copyright.
May 18, 2026·7 min
Work for Hire vs. Assignment vs. Licence: Three Ways to Transfer Rights in Music and Why the Difference Matter
Learn how assignment, licensing, and work-for-hire shape music ownership, control, and royalties in Nigeria.
Apr 29, 2026·7 min
Messy Royalty Data Meets Claude Code: What the Royalti MCP and API Skill Made Possible
We prepped catalog and royalty data for Measure of Music. The session exposed every messy-data problem labels quietly live with — UPCs rendered as scientific notation, sub-cent payouts rounded to zero, date formats that don't agree. Here's what we fixed.
Apr 28, 2026·13 min
5 Ways AI Is Used In Music Royalties, Rights Management, and Reporting
Here are five AI tools working behind the scenes to automate royalties, detect fraud, and recover earnings for artists.
Apr 21, 2026·3 min
Explaining 360 Deals: what it is and what it takes
What is a 360 deal in music? Learn how these contracts work, what revenue streams are included, and the risks and benefits for artists.
Apr 15, 2026·6 min
Where Words Fail: Songs Born from Tragedy
What do a 19th-century hymn, an Afrobeat protest song, and a K-pop ballad have in common? They were all wrested from unimaginable loss.
Apr 8, 2026·7 min
From Score to Screen 2: Why Nigerian Artists Might Not Be Getting Song Placements
A goldmine of sync opportunities: Part 2 breaks down the documentation and rights gaps blocking Afrobeats from the screen
Mar 31, 2026·5 min
From Score to Screen 1: How Does Film Music Royalties Work
From original scores to song placements, film music is more complex than it looks. Here's what you need to know about how the money flows.
Mar 24, 2026·5 min
Ask Roy: Your Royalty Data, One Question Away
Ask Roy is an AI assistant inside your Royalti dashboard. Query revenue, run catalog audits, manage splits, and upload files — in plain English.
Mar 26, 2026·6 min