Series

Gremlins at Work

Bounded agent roles, prompt contracts, handoffs, and safety boundaries.

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Meet Quartergremlin

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The Drift Checker That Couldn't See Its Own Drift

Artifact Types

Prompt Contract, Risk Register Note

Public Posts

  • Meet Quartergremlin

    A scaffolding agent with a silly name and a deadly serious stop condition. Quartergremlin works because it knows exactly where to quit.

  • Labs, Gremlins, and Other Bad Ideas That Somehow Work

    Calling your automation a gremlin sounds unserious. It survives review because the name is a handle and the contract is the architecture.

  • The Drift Checker That Couldn't See Its Own Drift

    The mirror-staleness detector ran on schedule and reported current. It was comparing one field: the latest date heading. Nine fresh entries and one stale mirror looked identical to it. The most dangerous checker is the one that runs fine and compares too little.

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