Field manual6 chapters
Build AI systems that
survive production.
A dependency-ordered manual built from production stories, reusable controls, runnable examples, and explicit proof. Start with truth. End with operating knowledge that compounds.
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Establish truth
Make the product claim, data grain, and evidence source explicit before automation amplifies them.
2 field notes · 2 toolsBound authority
Separate what an agent can attempt from what it may approve, provision, or release.
2 field notes · 2 toolsTurn lessons into controls
Move repeated correctness work out of human memory and into gates with proven failure paths.
2 field notes · 1 toolsProve the release
Test the deployed sequence, environment, and dependency lineage, not only the final code state.
2 field notes · 3 toolsEarn autonomy
Increase agent freedom only when detection, rollback, budget, and escalation improve with it.
3 field notes · 2 toolsCompound operating knowledge
Turn each useful failure into a test, skill, workflow, playbook, or better decision boundary.
3 field notes · 3 tools