AI in my workflow
These are my /ai notes on how I use (or don't use) AI here. The format is inspired by the slash pages idea.
I use AI in my writing workflow, far more than I'd have predicted a year ago. Here I'm trying to be honest about what's actually working and what isn't.
My approach keeps evolving. Posts remain primarily me-authored; AI helps with capturing ideas, roughing out structure, and pressure-testing arguments.
A common writing workflow now#
TL;DR: I capture ideas quickly, structure with AI, write the content myself, then use AI to pressure-test and format.
I do this partly to learn about the tools and their limits. AI-generated outlines usually need restructuring. Generated content always needs checking.
Tools I'm using and interested in#
| Tool | Type | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | AI coding agent | Current | CLI agent for longer coding sessions on this site. Project memory, custom skills, and hooks keep it aligned to site conventions without repeating context each time. |
| GitHub Copilot | AI coding agent | Testing | Exploring the terminal interface for coding tasks. |
| Cursor | IDE | Past | AI pair‑programming IDE built on VS Code. Replaced by Claude Code for most tasks. |
| Fireflies | Transcription | Current | Meeting recorder and transcription with integrations for Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet. Quick search, summaries, and action items across calls. |
| Highlight.app | Desktop assistant and audio transcription | Current | Lightweight desktop recorder for capturing quick audio notes from calls. Fast, friction‑free capture; mostly for audio memos, pushing toward structured snippets. |
| Manus | AI agents | Testing | AI agent platform for multi-step tasks. I find this is exceptional at drafting HTML slides that can then be imported to PPT for refinement. |
| Perplexity | AI agents | Current | Free annual trial; good multi‑tool search and experimentation. |
| VEED | Video/captions | Future | Audio‑to‑captions and filler‑word trimming (ums/ahs) are excellent for quick polish on short clips. I don't have a regular need right now, but it's on my shortlist when I do. |
| Claude Code agent profiles | Code agents | Future | Experimenting with custom sub‑agents (refactorer, security auditor) to tighten prompts and roles. Using community profiles from Claude Code Custom Agents repo. |
| Microsoft Copilot Studio | Assistant builder | Testing | Certainly not my first choice, but in a Microsoft ecosystem it unlocks useful integrations: grounding assistants on SharePoint/OneDrive content, and experimenting with a parent–child chat agent dispatcher pattern for routing tasks. |
| Context7 MCP | MCP | Current | MCP server for fetching library docs at query time — handy when working with APIs I don't know by heart. |
| Browser MCP | MCP | Current | MCP browser client for integrating local tools. |
| Chrome DevTools MCP | MCP | Current | MCP server for Chrome DevTools automation and inspection. |
| Awesome ChatGPT Prompts | AI agent prompts | Current | Open collection of LLM prompts. |
| Commet Browser | AI assisted browser | Current | AI‑assisted browsing for research and summaries. |
| Together AI + FLUX.2-dev | AI image generation | Current | Hero image generation via the FLUX.2-dev model, run from a browser tool built into this site. Prompt, generate three in parallel, crop, save. About $0.03 a post. See the post about it. |
| Loras | AI image maker | Past | Fun and lightweight. Moved to FLUX.2-dev for more control over style and tighter workflow integration. |
What's next#
The image generation workflow is now settled enough that I wrote a post about it. Next I want to see if the audio→draft pipeline can get tighter — there's still too much manual cleanup between transcription and a usable outline.
If you have a tool or approach that's working for you, I'd love to hear it.