Recommended reading order

  1. The Model Is Not the System

    Teams fail when chat is the product. This framework maps the system around the model—workflow, context, evaluation,...

  2. Prompt Anatomy Foundations

    Implementation stack index—six layers from outcome to governance, with role-based paths into diagnostics, agents,...

  3. What Is Context Architecture?

    How teams decide what models see, when, and why—with a context spec walkthrough, prompt assembly order, context rot,...

  4. Grounding AI Outputs

    A practical framework for grounding AI outputs by combining context architecture, retrieval policy, and evaluation...

  5. Context Rot in AI Agents

    Why agent performance often drops with larger context windows, and how to prevent context rot with architecture and...

  6. RAG in Production

    Implement RAG with governance — choose basic, smart, or agentic patterns and wire eval gates before production traffic.

  7. Memory Types for AI Systems

    Session, episodic, and organizational memory for AI workflows—and when each belongs in your context architecture.

  8. Evaluation Hooks for AI Workflows

    Sample eval cases and pass/fail gates—with YAML example for support-reply-v3.

  9. Evaluating Agents with CLEAR

    A practical framework for evaluating production agents across cost, latency, efficacy, assurance, and reliability...

  10. The AI Implementation Maturity Ladder

    Five levels from ad hoc chat to governed operations—with self-check questions and 90-day moves per stage.

  11. Prompt Anatomy Glossary

    Shared definitions for core Prompt Anatomy terms, from MCP and RAG tiers to context rot, CLEAR, and prompt...

Framework

Prompt Anatomy Glossary

Shared definitions for core Prompt Anatomy terms, from MCP and RAG tiers to context rot, CLEAR, and prompt registry operations.

6 min read · Framework · Jun 2026

Framework

Evaluating Agents with CLEAR

A practical framework for evaluating production agents across cost, latency, efficacy, assurance, and reliability with thresholds and weekly operating rituals.

8 min read · Framework · Jun 2026

Framework

RAG in Production

Implement RAG with governance — choose basic, smart, or agentic patterns and wire eval gates before production traffic.

6 min read · Framework · Jun 2026

Framework

Context Rot in AI Agents

Why agent performance often drops with larger context windows, and how to prevent context rot with architecture and retrieval discipline.

6 min read · Framework · Jun 2026

Framework

Grounding AI Outputs

A practical framework for grounding AI outputs by combining context architecture, retrieval policy, and evaluation checks in one production system.

7 min read · Framework · Jun 2026

Framework

Memory Types for AI Systems

Session, episodic, and organizational memory for AI workflows—and when each belongs in your context architecture.

5 min read · Framework · May 2024

Framework

What Is Context Architecture?

How teams decide what models see, when, and why—with a context spec walkthrough, prompt assembly order, context rot, and data classification.

7 min read · Framework · Updated Jul 2024

Framework

Prompt Anatomy Foundations

Implementation stack index—six layers from outcome to governance, with role-based paths into diagnostics, agents, eval, and procurement playbooks.

2 min read · Framework · Jan 2024

Framework

The Model Is Not the System

Teams fail when chat is the product. This framework maps the system around the model—workflow, context, evaluation, and governance.

8 min read · Framework · Updated Apr 2024