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Agentic Coding Harnesses

This post extends the concept of agentic coding harnesses by detailing strategies to overcome rate limiting issues with powerful LLMs and leverage past conversation data for continuous improvement. It demonstrates how to build and deploy applications by intelligently mixing different models and providers, using smaller, cheaper models for less critical tasks and reserving high-end models for planning and review. The author showcases an 'AI Software Factory' and provides a 'build-dark-factory' sk. This post further elaborates on agentic applications by showcasing how large companies are deploying AI agents not as single-agent interactions, but as multi-agent systems orchestrated within workflows. It highlights the use of AI only where judgment is required, the translation of rules into tested code, and the necessity of human approval for critical decisions. The Oracle AI for Fusion Applications is presented as a case study, demonstrating agents that prioritize actions and execute every LLM call within a workflow, incorporating security policies and visual outputs instead of raw text.

8 posts · 2026

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Decision-making AI models

This post details practical use cases for Jev, a class of AI models designed for fast and cost-effective decision-making. It highlights Jev's application in AI coding workflows, including acting as a security hook for coding agents, playtesting games to find bugs missed by unit tests, driving browser testing on real applications, and classifying GitHub issues and pull requests for workflow routing. Jev operates by making decisions between LLM calls, enhancing token efficiency and reducing costs. This post further elaborates on Jev's role as a filter for an AI second brain, handling tasks like email triage, prompt injection guarding, news filtering, and duplicate detection. It emphasizes Jev's ability to provide confidence scores quickly and its integration with cheaper LLMs via OpenRouter for cost optimization.

3 posts · 2026

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MCP Server Integration for Voice Assistants

This post introduces the concept of integrating existing MCP (Multi-Chat Protocol) servers with voice assistant platforms like Alexa+. It highlights that MCP is the standard for external service integration with Alexa+, and that hackathons are being organized around this integration. The post also mentions the possibility of simulating the voice assistant side using web apps and agentic tools, and lists other tracks within the hackathon (Fire TV, Ring, Bee).

1 post · 2026

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Team-level AI knowledge base with access control

This post extends the concept of team-level AI knowledge bases by demonstrating a practical implementation of an AI agent driving a computer's user interface. The 'Drive Screen' skill allows LLMs to directly interact with the operating system, enabling tasks like morning setup, staging demos, testing desktop applications, and driving other agent sessions. This skill is lightweight, customizable, and integrates directly into projects or can be given to coding agents. The post also touches upon the critical issue of ensuring AI agents adhere to business logic and access control, proposing a solution through Sonar's Hunter Agent which verifies output against intended application behavior rather than just code correctness.

8 posts · 2026

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High-fidelity voice agent synthesis

This post introduces Rime Labs, a company specializing in high-fidelity voice agent synthesis. They offer a wide range of voices across multiple languages and dialects, powering applications for Mayo Clinic and Dialpad. A free tier is available.

1 post · 2026

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Agentic Workflow Hooks

This post continues the discussion on agentic workflows by highlighting the critical role of 'hooks' in ensuring reliability and adherence to rules within coding agents. Hooks are presented as guarantees for agent workflows, contrasting with mere guidance. The post details how to build and implement hooks, providing practical use cases and a 'hooks-create' skill for their generation. It emphasizes that hooks can enforce specific events and actions, thereby enhancing agent behavior and security. The discussion also touches upon the 'slop apocalypse' in AI-generated code, where comments and refactoring fall out of sync, leading to increased costs and reduced efficiency. The founder of BMAD advocates for a 'human on the loop' approach over full automation and discusses the evolution of AI coding frameworks, emphasizing planning and the development of self-improving AI skills. The importance of hiring systems thinkers and the need for multi-model strategies and effective prompting are also explored.

2 posts · 2026

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