Run several projects through an agent that reads a markdown hub first

Miguel Shinyenyi keeps a git repo of markdown context, a journal and a backlog that an AI agent reads before any work; in 72 commits it gained 13 rules, each added after a specific failure.

Done withCustom agent· Oct 26, 2026

What they did

Shinyenyi started a git repository on 16 September 2026 that holds no code, only markdown: a 3,100-word master context with standing rules, a sync log, a backlog, one file per project and the content of a personal website. An AI agent reads these before working, then uses tools to read Shinyenyi's other repositories, run builds and write files. Shinyenyi reviews and applies what it hands back, and the agent cannot push. Each code repo has a CLAUDE.md pointing at the hub. The website builds from the hub's site folder, and a habit tracker reads journal files from it every 15 minutes. The post does not name the agent product.

How it went

After 72 commits the sync log has 31 entries and the master context holds 13 rules, each written after something broke. A session dated itself a day early, long files came back cut off, a replacement page without front matter took two articles offline, and a private project file landed in the public website folder and stayed there five days. Status files for two projects lagged the real work for days.

Worth knowing

Shinyenyi cannot see whether the agent read a file, only what it produced, and nothing checks the rules unless a build or test happens to. The hub is public, so private notes need a separate encrypted journal. Rules copied into each repo's CLAUDE.md can drift from the hub.

Try it

With Custom agent· 4 parts to fill in

Before you do any work, read [my hub repo]'s master context, then the file for [project name] only, in that order. Confirm today's date with me instead of inferring it. Do the task in [the project repo], run the build with your changes in place, and write long outputs to a file instead of printing them. Do not push. When you hand work back, name the exact destination folder for every file, add an entry to [the sync log] saying what you read, what you changed and how sure you are, and stop for me to review.

Square brackets are the parts to fill in. The prompt is ours; the story is theirs.

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