Flightdeck Tools / Part 1
Extracting the useful parts of a private agent rig
Why I split a large, machine-shaped agent system into small tools with explicit contracts, synthetic examples, and new histories.
Engineering lessons from public Apache-2.0 agent-tooling reference projects: durable state, guarded changes and evidence. Deprecated for new Claude Code integrations.
Why I split a large, machine-shaped agent system into small tools with explicit contracts, synthetic examples, and new histories.
Four small tools for durable messages, lifecycle history, generation-safe progress, and decisions whose original wording remains intact.
How gates, locks, Git preflights, and file guards reduce ambiguity around checks, worktrees, and agent-written files.
Why repository health, configuration baselines, and review receipts distinguish a verified observation from approval or certainty.