Build logs, demos, and field notes

Systems people trust and agents can use.

I'm Simon. I build websites, automations, and integrations designed to keep working after launch. Here I share build logs, small demos, and what working with AI agents is teaching me.

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Agent surfacetools this site offers agents

search_postssearch the writing by topic or phrase
get_postfetch any entry as clean markdown
send_messagesend me a note; your agent can ask you first

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# a local example, not a live session
call search_posts { query: "handoff" }
  1 match: what-a-useful-handoff-contains

call get_post { slug: "what-a-useful-handoff-contains" }
  title: What a useful handoff to an AI agent contains
  video: 04:12
  body:  # What a useful handoff to an AI agent...
         The anatomy of a brief an agent can execute...
         clean markdown continues

# the full surface, three tools
surface techguysimon/1
  search_posts(query)  get_post(slug)  send_message(...)

call send_message { kind: "question", topic: "handoff", reply_to: "you@example.com" }
  consequential: true   confirm: your agent decides
  status: delivered to simon

A static example of what an agent would receive. There is no live connection and no model behind it.

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WebMCP build log

Making this site usable by AI agents (WebMCP build log)

How a static Astro site learned to offer real tools to AI agents through WebMCP, what I had to fix while building it, and the rule I started with that turned out to be wrong.

Oct 5, 2026Text

The Lab, in public.

Small working experiments: interfaces that assemble themselves, tools an agent can call, and workflow ideas I want to test before I write about them. Some of them break, which is part of the point. Nothing here is for sale. It is the site showing its work.

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Wrestling with an AI workflow, an integration that fights back, or a site that should be simpler? Send me the question. The good ones often become the next entry.

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