Systems, builds & library
Research, prototypes, writing — one shelf.
Threads are open enquiries. Builds are the prototypes and client-ready systems those enquiries produce. Library holds the essays and field notes. Filter or search across the lot.
Threads
Open enquiriesHolonic Rich Pictures
Mapping messy organisational situations as ecologies of humans, documents, tools, agents, risks and reporting — every node both a part and a whole.
Holonic Architectures
Systems where every part is both a whole and a component — and how that shapes multi-agent design.
Agentic Systems in Practice
The gap between agent demos and agents that actually work — delegation, memory, orchestration patterns.
Soft Systems Thinking in AI
Applying Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology to the design of AI-driven processes.
Interfaces for Human–AI Collaboration
The interface is not a screen — it's a negotiation surface.
Knowledge Engines
RAG done seriously — provenance, permissions, structure, and a clear relationship to the work.
Obsidian as an Operating Environment
Markdown vaults as the substrate for personal and team knowledge systems.
TTRPG Rules Vaults as Knowledge-System Testbeds
Tabletop rulebooks are messy, cross-referenced, contested knowledge — perfect testbeds for retrieval and reasoning.
AI for Tutoring & Education
Lesson planning, marking support, and source-backed tutor assistants.
SimulationChamber & AI Delegates
Running cheap simulations of decisions before making them, with delegated AI stand-ins.
Civic Memory & Local Knowledge Systems
Knowledge systems for towns, councils and community organisations.
Worldbuilding as Systems Research
Designing fictional systems to train the same muscles needed for real ones.
Builds
Prototypes & systemsObsidian HKE Lite
A lightweight Holonic Knowledge Engine running over an Obsidian vault.
Write-up on request
Knowledge Engine Prototype
A RAG + structured-knowledge engine for organisational documents with permissions and provenance.
Write-up on request
AI Tutor / Lesson Planner
A drafting assistant for teachers, with a narrower source-backed student surface.
Demo available
TTRPG Rules Vault
A retrieval system for tabletop rules with errata, house rules and edge cases.
Write-up on request
Agent Capsule / Filesystem Triggers
Folder-native agents triggered by filesystem events — drop a file in, get a structured response back.
Write-up on request
Graph Wave
A visual exploration tool for knowledge graphs and agent dependencies.
Write-up on request
Vaultling
A small companion that lives next to a knowledge vault and proposes structure changes.
Write-up on request
Civic Memory Node
A knowledge-engine pattern adapted for a small civic organisation.
Write-up on request
AI-Assisted Website Builds
Production websites built with AI tooling and careful human shaping.
Demo available
RPG Fitness App Concept
A fitness app that uses TTRPG mechanics to make habits stick.
Private
Library
Essays & field notesChat is one interface
Reports, dashboards, drafts, workflow proposals and inline assistants are others — and usually better fits.
Making work AI-operable
The hard part is not adding AI. The hard part is making the work legible enough for AI to help.
RAG done seriously
Provenance, permissions, freshness and a clear update path are the product, not features.
Rich pictures for AI projects
Soft Systems Methodology gives us the most useful tool for kicking off any serious AI engagement.
Holons for builders
A short, practical introduction to holonic thinking for people building agentic systems.
Vibecoding with quality control
AI-assisted prototyping is a force multiplier — if you keep the loop tight and the taste high.
Industry Signals
Industry Signals — research threads, papers and field reports feeding the wider LGI enquiry.
Essay · Agentic Workflows
Agents
A practical overview of agents, tool use, planning, workflows, and the design questions that show up when LLMs move from chat into action.
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Video · Agentic Coding
Matt Pocock's Agentic Engineering Workflow
A practitioner walkthrough of agentic software engineering habits and AI-assisted development structure.
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Video · Local AI
Local AI Coding is Finally Good Enough
A signal that local and semi-local coding workflows are becoming plausible for real developer use.
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Video · AI Operating Models
The Production AI Playbook: Deploying Agents at Enterprise Scale
A production-focused view of what agents need beyond a demo: evaluation, observability, data, orchestration, and governance.
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