I ended up using QMD + custom skills to keep it up to date as new data comes in. Essentially a cross-referenced set of markdown files forming a knowledge base: https://github.com/tobi/qmd
You should open the issue with your IT department and see if they can optimize the performance. You can gather proof that GoGuardian is causing slow downs by looking at it's memory usage in the Task Manager (right click empty area in Chrome tab bar).
We use https://devin.ai for this and it works very well. Devin has it's own virtual environment, IDE, terminal and browser. You can configure it to run your application and connect to whatever it needs. Devin can modify the app, test changes in the browser and send you a screen recording of the working feature with a PR.
For connecting agents to third-party systems I prefer CLI tools, less context bloat and faster. You can define the CLI usage in your agent instructions. If the MCP you're using doesn't exist as a CLI, build one with your agent.
I took it for a spin spin to build a simple task manager. It worked for 45 minutes, built half the solution and then asked me for money. Compared to the other options in this space, it seems like an expensive solution.
Do you maintain these projects or is this for greenfield development?
- Both, I have my own projects and client projects
Could you fix any bugs without Claude?
- Yes, I have decades of software development experience
Are these projects tested, who writes the tests. If it's Claude how do you know these tests actually test something sensible?
- For serious projects yes, I will define the test cases and have Claude build them out along with any additional cases it identifies. I use planning mode heavily before any code gets written.
Is anybody using these projects and what do users think of using these projects?
- Yes, these are real projects in production with real users :) They love them
I've tried them for some more complex projects, but I've found as long as I am working on isolated features/bugs, with good component breakdowns the agents won't cross paths. Planning mode also helps because you know exactly which files will be modified before going into execution mode.
If you want to keep features in separate Git worktrees, https://conductor.build/ is pretty nice.
Personally I use AI-shell CLI, type "ai" and ask things like "ffmpeg convert input.mp4 to webm clip first 8 seconds" or any other shell command you need.