Tooling

Decisions on tools, configurations, and setup notes. Auto-compiled by /compile-vault — last refreshed 2026-06-13.

• [[rdco-state-ownership-architecture|RDCO State-Ownership Architecture]] — The architectural principle that makes RDCO durable against model switches, harness upgrades, and vendor consolidation — and the…
• [[personal-library-index|Personal Library Index]] — This index is a 1-person prototype of the bookstore-for-agents wedge - the founder owns a PDF, Ray ingests it, and the vault gets…
• [[ghostty-claude-code-setup|My Ghostty Setup for Claude Code with SAND Keybindings]] — Config gist: https://gist.github.com/davila7/5b07f55a6e65a06c121da9702d10c2e2
• [[notion-task-board-reference|Notion Task Board — Reference for Ray]] — Durable reference doc so future Claude sessions can interact with the task board quickly and reliably without re-deriving the…
• [[aws-audit-2026-04-19|AWS Cost & Resource Audit — 2026-04-19]] — Ray Data Co's AWS spend (~$71/mo) is 96% pure waste: a forgotten SimpleAD Directory Service from a 2021 Amazon WorkSpaces…
• [[2026-06-13-open-knowledge-format-okf-assessment|Open Knowledge Format (OKF) — assessment vs the RDCO vault]] — Founder shared OKF (Google Cloud Data Analytics, v0.1 Draft) 2026-06-13 and asked: what we think, how it compares to our vault…
• [[2026-06-11-fable-phase3-cutover-prespec|Fable phase 3 pre-spec — June 22 cutover, dispatch gate + spend log]] — exposure $400/mo. He wants to "lean into this capability," loose ROI criteria.
• [[2026-06-09-fable5-workflow-optimization-memo|Fable 5 + Claude Code Workflow Memo — for RDCO's COO Agent]] — The X "loops and state machines" wave is ~70% real mechanism, ~30% repackaged slop. The durable signal, now officially documented…
• [[2026-06-09-fable5-harness-review|Fable 5 Harness Review — 2026-06-09]] — Produced by a 7-seat delegated audit workflow (23 agents) on the day the COO agent moved from Opus 4.8 to Fable 5; executive…
• [[2026-06-04-cloudflare-self-managed-oauth-evaluation|Cloudflare self-managed OAuth clients — evaluation (filed, not adopted)]] — Verdict: skim + file. Not actionable for RDCO today.
• [[2026-06-03-copilot-studio-contract-rag-citation-eval-design|Microsoft Copilot Studio for contract-citation RAG — legibility, citation architecture, and eval design]] — Built 2026-06-03 to support a first-time Copilot Studio engagement: a conversational, retrieval-only agent over PDF contracts in…
• [[2026-06-03-semantic-layer-validation-controls-rdco|Semantic layer + validation controls — Anthropic's approach, RDCO's status, and a portable provenance-footer spec]] — Founder follow-up (2026-06-03) to 2026-06-03-anthropic-self-service-data-analytics-with-claude: how did they structure the…
• [[2026-06-03-claude-api-sdk-capability-map-rdco-use-cases|Claude API / SDK + ant — capability map → RDCO use cases]] — Built 2026-06-03 after founder asked to explore ant use cases / learn the Claude API/SDK surface in general. Each capability gets…
• [[2026-05-31-cron-loops-to-background-agents-architecture|Cron loops → background agents: architecture change]] — One-line: Stop hosting the scheduled-loop suite inside the always-on channels-agent session. Keep ONE manifest as the source of…
• [[2026-05-31-background-agents-capabilities-and-new-work|Background agents — validated capabilities + new work this enables]] — Companion to the loop-offload migration doc (2026-05-31-cron-loops-to-background-agents-architecture). This doc validates the…
• [[2026-05-30-phdata-work-agent-setup-plan|phData work-agent — setup plan (v1, pending the work-machine install gate)]] — Founder asked 2026-05-30 (08:48 ET) to stand up a personal AI agent for his phData work. He clarified the shape at 23:51 ET. This…
• [[2026-05-28-windows-terminal-claude-code-setup-mac-transition|Windows dev-terminal + Claude Code setup (for a decade-on-Mac person)]] — For someone with a decade of Mac/Unix muscle memory, WSL2 reproduces the environment almost exactly. Git Bash is fine for…
• [[2026-05-21-whoop-mcp-retirement|Whoop MCP — Retirement Decision]] — Retire the Whoop MCP from active use. Remove references from /morning-prep skill. Health metrics (RHR, HRV, sleep, workouts…
• [[2026-05-13-alpaca-paper-trading-stack|Alpaca paper-trading stack — read-only layer (stood up 2026-05-13)]] — bash -c 'source ~/.claude/scripts/alpaca-env-paper.sh && \ ~/.claude/scripts/alpaca-venv/bin/python…
• [[2026-05-07-printing-press-install|Printing Press Install — v4.0.3 (2026-05-07)]] — Founder greenlit install on 2026-05-07 after a security review returned PASS-with-mitigations. Maintainer identity (Matt Van…
• [[2026-05-06-hyperframes-skill-install-security-review-decision|HyperFrames skill install — security review decision (2026-05-06)]] — Founder shared HyperFrames catalog + GitHub on iMessage 2026-05-06 17:57 ET, then explicit greenlight 18:41 ET ("Let's do both…
• [[2026-05-05-verify-action-v2-flash-review-extension|verify-action v2 - flash-review extension proposal]] — Each tier appropriate to its scope. Tier 2 is the missing middle - the "flash board meeting" the founder named.
• [[2026-05-05-mobbin-mcp-security-review-decision|Mobbin MCP - security review decision]] — Verdict: INSTALL-WITH-MITIGATIONS (already installed; mitigations are operational rather than blocking).
• [[2026-05-04-rdco-repo-locations|RDCO repo locations on the Mac mini]] — When founder asks "where's the X repo?" or session loses track of where a project lives, this is the canonical map. Not in…
• [[2026-05-02-lazyweb-mcp-security-review-decision|Decision: Skip Lazyweb MCP install]] — Don't install Lazyweb MCP. Founder weighed the security review 2026-05-02 21:42 ET and confirmed skip.
• [[2026-05-01-obsidian-bases-spike|Obsidian Bases spike — Sanity Check pipeline dashboard]] — with the content it indexes. Bases is enabled in ~/rdco-vault/.obsidian/core-plugins.json ("bases": true), so it should render…
• [[2026-05-01-mpp-tempo-integration-proposal|MPP + Tempo Integration Proposal — Ray Data Co]] — Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) is an open IETF-track HTTP authentication scheme — co-authored by Stripe and Tempo, with…
• [[2026-05-01-fat-cat-council-architecture-proposal|Fat Cat Council Architecture — Proposal]] — A council of board-member-type agents ("Fat Cats") that reviews, approves, and pushes back on operating decisions made by Ray…
• [[2026-04-30-ip-restricted-policies-tracker|IP-restricted policy tracker]] — When Frontier rotates the Mac mini's public IP, every IP-restricted policy below silently breaks until updated. This file is the…
• [[2026-04-29-link-cli-agent-wallet-setup|Link CLI agent wallet — setup record]] — Stripe's Link CLI installed on the Mac mini 2026-04-29 to give Ray (RDCO COO Agent) a per-charge agent payment capability…
• [[2026-04-28-agent-config-backup|Agent config backup — RayDataCo/ray-config]] — The Ray Data Co Claude Code agent identity is now backed up to a private GitHub repo, syncing nightly. This makes the AGENT…
• [[2026-04-28-fab-workshop-parts-ledger|Fab Workshop — Equipment Parts Ledger]] — Running ledger of equipment we'd want IF we built our own workshop. Tracks frequency of need (from outsourced jobs we run)…
• [[2026-04-24-resend-setup|Resend integration for sc.raydata.co — v0.1]] — Email capture + welcome transactional + drip scaffolding for Sanity Check Volume II. Shipped 2026-04-24 as the foundation for…
• [[2026-04-20-design-resources-shortlist|Design resources shortlist — 2026-04-20]] — Bookmarked from Marcel Kargul's design-websites tweet. Evaluated against RDCO's actual stack (Tailwind + shadcn + Magic UI +…
• [[2026-04-19-agentic-team-architecture|Ray Data Co Agentic Team Architecture (v1)]] — Ray (the always-on Claude Code agent on the Mac mini) is RDCO's operator. When Ray hangs — stuck on a permission prompt, a tool…
• [[2026-04-03-notion-workspace-discovery|Notion Workspace Discovery]] — Full inventory of the Notion workspace for Ray Data Co (Ben Wilson). Workspace has grown over ~6 years (2020-2026) across…
• [[2026-03-29-infrastructure-decisions|Infrastructure Decisions — March 2026]]