Flip
A reporter’s notebook for humans and agents working in the same files. Keep sources, claims, and corroboration together so research can be checked and reused.
Open source software
Tools developed for research, agent operations, and publishing. Each repository includes its own installation instructions and license.
Keep research grounded
Eno
Tools for making a Markdown knowledge collection easier to navigate and maintain. Find connections and structural problems while keeping the files under your control.
Ergo
Data documentation that gives caveats the same care as schemas. Record known issues, their scope, and the code that handles them.
Yoinker
Research a tool or idea from its original sources, explain how it works, and decide what to borrow, try, track, or reject.
Understand and improve agent work
Somm
Self-hosted model routing and telemetry. Keep a local record of model calls and assess which models fit the work.
Milton
Make sense of agent transcripts, execution records, and Git activity to investigate costs, outcomes, and recurring failures.
Chip
A format for portable operational components: declare what they observe, bound their decisions, and retain a record of what they do.
Spindle
Assemble reusable agent skills for a particular repository, model, and coding environment.
Publish and present
Artoo
Create self-contained HTML artifacts that travel with their assets. Keep the published presentation separate from private research.
Vizier
Choose and critique journalistic charts, with chart-form guidance and accessible color calculations.
Des
An audience-aware design practice for editorial sites, public data, marketing, and operator tools.
Datasette Dossier
Entity-centered dossier views for Datasette, bringing related records into a readable profile.
Extensions and utilities
Ergo Directory
An index pointing to published Ergo data documentation, organized by subject.
Artoo Mermaid
Offline diagrams for Artoo artifacts, with a pinned renderer that travels with the presentation.
Claude Bingo
A little editorial levity: score a bingo board of familiar AI writing habits against your own local Claude transcripts.
Using these projects
Much of this code is generated with AI, and many projects are alpha quality. The repository is the place to check the license, installation instructions, tests, and current limitations for the tool you want to use.
Also available: the Backfield client SDK, a public Python client for the Backfield API. Check its repository for current usage and licensing information.
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