Cairn: a thin SDLC for solo Claude Code work
A workflow layer for solo Claude Code that sits on top of the externalized context architecture. Four slash commands, one knowledge file, and a session protocol that keeps discipli...
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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...
The recipe app I couldn't build six years ago
Six years ago I helped a CPG company dream up a smart meal planner. We never shipped it. This year, my wife and I built it — and we use it every week.
More agents, less cost
Running three AI agents sounds expensive. It's cheaper than running one — if you put the right model in each role.
When one context window isn't enough
Splitting a single AI agent into a team didn't just change the workflow — it changed how context flows through the whole system.
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.
A starter prompt that actually remembers what you told it
I rebuilt my Claude Code starter prompt around .md files as external memory. Here's why and how.
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...
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'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...
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...