Jun 7, 2026
Building the Context Layer
How context files give your AI agent the information it needs to produce more useful, specific output — and how to build them.
Product operator • 14 years • learning to build with AI
Making sense of AI by building with it.
A practical record of learning what AI is actually useful for, where it falls short, and how it changes the work.
No hype cycle recap. Just useful experiments, working notes, and lessons from figuring this out in practice.
Working notes
Latest working notes
Jun 1, 2026
Building a Visual System With AI
A note on using personal context, visual references, Google Stitch, and DESIGN.md to build a website that feels less generic.
May 21, 2026
Lessons learned in my Claude.md File
The repeated problems that pushed me to update a root Claude.md file, and the instructions I use to address them.
Toolkit
The useful stuff
Prompts, guides, and working docs pulled out of the process and made reusable.
Agent instructions
Claude.md
My root Claude instructions file for anti-AI writing style, anti-sycophancy, critical thinking, identifying blindspot, coaching, and workflow defaults.
ClaudeInstructionsWorkflow
Download .md fileShareable on site
Prompt
Prompt Compendium
A practical prompting reference with reusable frameworks, core techniques, advanced patterns, and a meta-prompt.
AIPromptingWorkflow
Read articleShareable on site
Projects
What I'm building
Shipped
Jones and AI website
Built by me, using an agentic development process. This personal website and publishing system powered by Next.js, MDX content, Vercel, Beehiiv newsletter capture, repo-level instructions, local skills, and a working log that keeps the build process visible.
Next.jsMDXVercelBeehiiv
Shipped
Jones and AI visual system guide
A shipped brand-system project built from an AI-led brand interview, visual-direction exploration, a homepage concept, and a coding-agent-ready design spec.
Brand strategyDesign systemAI workflowHTML
Experiment
AI Learning Capture
An OpenClaw system for extracting and synthesizing useful ideas from YouTube, podcasts, and articles into structured notes.
PythonWhisperObsidian
Paused
Caddy, an OpenClaw dashboard
A personal operating dashboard for AI learning logs, sports calendar and recipe-book.
OpenClawDashboardNext.jsAI workflow