Practical signal on agentic AI

Researching, building, and testing what actually works in agentic AI.

Field notes, product experiments, and practical frameworks for leaders and builders navigating the next wave of AI. Less hype, more useful signal.

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What we do

A lab for practical agentic AI.

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Research & Content

Field notes and analysis on agentic AI, AI commerce, and the systems reshaping how work gets done.

Product Lab

Small AI products, real user problems, fast experiments. FitSwap, Menu Visualizer, NeuraCast.

Claude Code Book

A beginner-friendly guide to practical AI — for professionals who don't want to become programmers.

Advisory

Selective advisory work for teams shipping agentic systems — architecture, evaluation, and go-to-market.

Featured signal

This week's useful reads.

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The product lab

Not every idea needs a deck. Some need a prototype.

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Claude Code for Non-Programmers by Vikas Sah
Book · Now on Amazon

Claude Code without the programmer baggage.

A practical guide for professionals who want real automation wins without learning to code first. Starts with wins, not terminal commands.

19 chapters No coding background First win in chapter 2
The lab notebook

What I'm researching, building, and testing — right now.

Researching 3 threads
Agentic CommerceHow shopping agents negotiate, route, and commit — and where the protocol layer is missing.
EvaluationA practical eval rubric for multi-step agents that doesn't require a rollout harness.
Market SignalThe commodity curve for frontier APIs — what stays valuable when inference is free.
Building 3 active
NeuraCastEnd-to-end agentic podcast pipeline — research → script → voice → publish.
Vibe Guard SkillsSafety skills that run pre-commit on AI-generated code: security, resilience, comprehension.
CCC ScreenerWeekly small-cap alpha screener with self-learning weights and kill-switch monitoring.
Testing live signals
FitSwapDoes virtual try-on reduce return rate enough to justify inference cost? Early data: yes.
Menu VisualizerDo generated plate images change ordering behavior? Running against pilot restaurants.
Claude Code SkillsWhich skills get used at 10× rate vs. created-and-abandoned. Shapes the book's appendix.