You Can't Replay What You Can't See
An incident playbook for AI session replay: search supported session records together, inspect tool calls, match them to the diff, and resume where supported.
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Playbooks
Memory That Burns Quota
Measure Claude memory cost across auto memory, CLAUDE.md, and plugins, then replace indiscriminate replay with a bounded, archive-first retrieval policy.
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Claude Code Permission Modes Are Fleet Policy
Choose Claude Code permission modes by repository trust, define who can escalate them, and audit the same policy across an AI-agent fleet.
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Stop Trusting the Mermaid
Review AI-generated diagrams as claims: inspect the transcript, diff, command outputs and current tests, then reproduce suspicious behavior before merge.
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Plugins, Gists, and Rotting AGENTS.md
AGENTS.md files drift, conflict, and multiply until no two agents run the same job. The playbook: what stays, what becomes a skill, and the quarterly rot audit.
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Cross-CLI Memory That Survives the Session
AI session memory that outlives one tool: keep supported histories searchable and local, keep preferences small, and keep secrets out of both.
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Local-First AI: The Vault and Session Archives That Stay Local
Local-first AI as operating practice: keep the session archive on your disk, scrub secrets before indexing, and map every optional connected data path.
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The Local AI Workstation, 2026 Edition: DGX Spark, Ryzen AI Max, or a Mac?
DGX Spark, Ryzen AI Max 395, Mac Studio, or used 3090s? The 2026 local LLM hardware guide: bandwidth vs capacity, three priced builds, and when local wins.
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Context Engineering: The 2026 Playbook for Agents That Don't Forget
Context engineering keeps agents sharp past turn 30. See what actually fills the window, six techniques with real configs, and a one-week adoption plan.
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Harness Engineering: The Discipline Your Agents Were Missing
Harness engineering is why one team ships clean agent PRs while another babysits loops. Learn the six subsystems, day-one practices, and a maturity ladder.
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Hardening MCP in Production: The Government-Guidance Era
The June 2026 government CSI made MCP security official. Get the threat classes, a hardening checklist mapped to the guidance, and the new auth upgrades.
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Talk to Your Agents: Voice-Driven Development Grows Up
Voice-driven development grew up: push-to-talk hotkeys, local GPU speech-to-text, and voice-to-spec pipelines. Where dictation beats typing, plus a setup guide.
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Subagent Orchestration: Fleet Patterns for Daily Drivers
Subagent orchestration without framework theory: five fleet patterns — worktrees, planner/worker, skeptic pairs, swarms, background agents — with real setups.
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Spec-Driven Development: From Vibe Coding to Contracts Your Agents Can Ship
Vibe coding broke at review time. Spec-driven development fixes it: a four-artifact stack, one full worked example, real tooling, and metrics that prove it.
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DeepSeek V4 Migration Guide: Life After V3 and R1
DeepSeek deprecated V3 and R1 on July 24, 2026. Migrate to DeepSeek V4 Pro or Flash with real config swaps, an eval-first sequence, and a rollback plan.
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Train Your Own Mini-Model: From nanochat to a Fine-Tuned Daily Driver
Train your own LLM in 2026: QLoRA fine-tunes with Unsloth, distillation from open teachers, or a $100 nanochat run. Real configs, costs, and honest limits.
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