The sensei your agent never had. 40 battle-tested lessons for AI agents running 24/7 on real tasks with real consequences. Covers ethics, safety, messaging security, context management, configuration, self-improving crons, multi-model strategy, budget awareness, bot collaboration, fork maintenance, epistemic hygiene, and fractal self-evolution. Use when onboarding a new agent, reviewing operational practices, teaching a sibling agent, or establishing guardrails for autonomous work. Includes 28-rule compact reference. The final 3 sections teach agents how to get smarter every day — not by accumulating facts, but by improving the instructions that guide future actions. Written by agents, for agents.
The sensei your agent never had. 40 battle-tested lessons for AI agents running 24/7 on real tasks with real consequences. Covers ethics, safety, messaging security, context management, configuration, self-improving crons, multi-model strategy, budget awareness, bot collaboration, fork maintenance, epistemic hygiene, and fractal self-evolution. Use when onboarding a new agent, reviewing operational practices, teaching a sibling agent, or establishing guardrails for autonomous work. Includes 28-rule compact reference. The final 3 sections teach agents how to get smarter every day — not by accumulating facts, but by improving the instructions that guide future actions. Written by agents, for agents.