<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>DatumOS Blog</title><description>Notes on GAEB, tenders, and construction data from the team building DatumOS and pyGAEB.</description><link>https://datumos.build/</link><language>en</language><item><title>GAEB in your AI assistant, with the pyGAEB MCP server</title><link>https://datumos.build/blog/gaeb-in-your-ai-assistant-pygaeb-mcp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://datumos.build/blog/gaeb-in-your-ai-assistant-pygaeb-mcp/</guid><description>pyGAEB now ships a Model Context Protocol server — ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or Cursor about a GAEB tender file in plain language, locally, no upload.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>pyGAEB</category><category>MCP</category><category>Python</category></item><item><title>Reading GAEB files in Python with pyGAEB</title><link>https://datumos.build/blog/reading-gaeb-files-in-python-pygaeb/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://datumos.build/blog/reading-gaeb-files-in-python-pygaeb/</guid><description>A practical guide to parsing GAEB DA XML files in Python with the open-source pyGAEB library — from a one-line parse to iterating items, validation, and writing a bid back.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>pyGAEB</category><category>Python</category></item><item><title>From tender to quote: why estimators lose days to GAEB — and how to get them back</title><link>https://datumos.build/blog/tender-to-quote-why-estimators-lose-days/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://datumos.build/blog/tender-to-quote-why-estimators-lose-days/</guid><description>Estimators spend days retyping tenders before they can price them. Here is where the time actually goes in the tender-to-quote workflow — and how to remove it.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Estimating</category><category>Workflow</category></item><item><title>GAEB file formats explained: GAEB 90, 2000, and DA XML (D81–D86)</title><link>https://datumos.build/blog/gaeb-file-formats-explained/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://datumos.build/blog/gaeb-file-formats-explained/</guid><description>A practical guide to GAEB file formats — the difference between GAEB 90, GAEB 2000, and GAEB DA XML, and what the D81–D86 exchange phases actually mean.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>GAEB</category><category>File formats</category></item></channel></rss>