CTO OS

Guide: Agents

Agents are AI Agents I have built to help in performing my role. Not overhype and overused, just simple helpful agents that can do things repeatably in a fraction of the time I could.

Agents published on the CTO Operating Systems are used for mainly research / analysis and information gathering. Examples are the Conversation Preparation Agent that prepares me to speak to executives, the CEO and board members of an organisation I am interested in discussing opportunities with, and the Panel Preparation Agent that hones my perspective on an up and coming speaking engagement.

Anything to do with research / analysis that I will repeat will typically be built as an Agent. These are relatively small and bounded agents, in that they have a defined task envelope, a limited set of tools and a predictable output shape.

Agents are published as markdown files which can be run as is, or can be adapted where necessary.

Sometimes I might run an agent multiple times, over a period of days, weeks even months, sometimes with a specific focus I give the agent. Due to this, agents typically produce output files that include a version number, timestamp and the name (organisation, product, person...).

Perspectives: Challenges

Note: This essay discusses my approach to challenges using synthetic examples. Real detailed STAR examples are in a private markdown resource shared selectively under NDA. I learn more from difficult situations than from smooth operations. The decisions that teach me most are the ones where multiple stakeholders have competing interests,

Perspective: Technologies

My relationship with technology spans four distinct phases, each informing how I think and what I can do today. As a Technical Support Specialist at Microsoft UK I learned how technology actually fails. I supported Visual Studio, SQL Server, and COM at the product level, debugging customer issues under pressure

Perspective: Philosophy

Philosophy, how I think. Character and Patina I believe people are shaped by pressure, not despite it. Character isn't built in comfort, it's built in difficulty, failure, and the choice to stay and learn rather than retreat. When I look for people to work with, I&

Resources

Resources are downloadable supporting artefacts, sometimes markdown files designed for both AI processing and human adaptation, sometimes as word documents when specifically targeted for human use. Perspective Markdown Files These are markdown files that describe how I show up, my history, my experiences etc. I use them as inputs into

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Perspectives: Challenges

Perspective: Technologies

Perspective: Philosophy

Resources