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The context operating model I use for the projects that don't fit in a chat
Jul 7, 2026 · 9 min read · LLM Patterns

The context operating model I use for the projects that don't fit in a chat

My .md-file memory system was built for code. This is the version I run for consulting work (RfPs, discoveries, research) out of one shared folder. It uses the same hierarchical co...

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Paper rules break first
Apr 17, 2026 · 8 min read · LLM Patterns

Paper rules break first

Two months of running the agent-team starter prompt taught me which rules actually hold. The ones wired into tooling survived. The ones that only lived in prose were the first to e...

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My .md files vs Claude's memory tool: a practitioner comparison
Mar 22, 2026 · 8 min read · LLM Patterns

My .md files vs Claude's memory tool: a practitioner comparison

Anthropic shipped a memory tool that looks structurally identical to the markdown files I've been maintaining by hand. Here's what each approach gets right, where they diverge, and...

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More agents, less cost
Feb 27, 2026 · 5 min read · LLM Patterns

More agents, less cost

Running three AI agents sounds expensive. It is cheaper than running one, if you put the right model in each role.

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When one context window isn't enough
Feb 26, 2026 · 5 min read · LLM Patterns

When one context window isn't enough

Splitting a single AI agent into a team changed more than the workflow. It changed how context flows through the whole system.

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I was the validator all along
Feb 25, 2026 · 5 min read · LLM Patterns

I was the validator all along

My AI coding setup worked until I noticed I was spending more time checking output than building. The fix was giving the validation job to another agent.

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Your .md files are a memory architecture (you just don't call it that)
Feb 19, 2026 · 8 min read · LLM Patterns

Your .md files are a memory architecture (you just don't call it that)

The manual context management patterns that work today map closely onto the agent memory architectures being built for the near future.

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A starter prompt that actually remembers what you told it
Feb 18, 2026 · 7 min read · LLM Patterns

A starter prompt that actually remembers what you told it

I rebuilt my Claude Code starter prompt around .md files as external memory. This covers why and how.

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Context hygiene: managing what an AI keeps across sessions
Feb 17, 2026 · 10 min read · LLM Patterns

Context hygiene: managing what an AI keeps across sessions

The bottleneck in long-running AI sessions is not model intelligence. It is context management. Here is what I have learned about keeping an AI on track across complex, multi-sessi...

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Jul 7, 2026 · 1 min read · LLM Patterns

A Cowork starter prompt for non-coding project work

I built a knowledge-work counterpart to my Claude Code starter prompt(/downloads/STARTPROMPT.md). The coding version manages a repo; this one manages a consu...

cowork context-management knowledge-work prompting workflow
Apr 17, 2026 · 1 min read · LLM Patterns

Starter prompt v2 for Claude Code agent teams, refined

Updated version of my Claude Code agent-teams starter prompt(/downloads/STARTPROMPT-AGENT-TEAMS-v2.md) after two months of running the previous cut on real p...

claude-code agents prompting context-management
Feb 25, 2026 · 1 min read · LLM Patterns

A starter prompt for Claude Code agent teams

I rebuilt my Claude Code starter prompt(/downloads/STARTPROMPT.md) for agent teams. The original positions Claude as a single project lead that both coordina...

claude-code agents prompting context-management
Feb 25, 2026 · 1 min read · LLM Patterns

Claude Code's /memory is one-fifth of a context management system

Claude Code has a `/memory` command that appends facts, preferences, and constraints to a `CLAUDE.md` file — either global (`~/.claude/CLAUDE.md`) or project-l...

claude-code context-management workflow
Feb 18, 2026 · 1 min read · LLM Patterns

My Claude Code starter prompt with built-in context management

I published my Claude Code starter prompt as a downloadable file: STARTPROMPT.md(/downloads/STARTPROMPT.md) It sets Claude up as technical lead for any proj...

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