Perth, Australia 🇦🇺 • AI Toolsmith

I build practical AI developer infrastructure: context engineering, agent orchestration, and small tools that remove friction.

📖 Want to know more about me and what I'm working on? Check out my blog.

Open-source here is personal work, not client work.

I've been in AI long enough to know the work is mostly gaps.

The useful work is noticing those gaps, understanding why they matter, and building the small tools that close them.

Everything here started as something I needed for my own work. If it removes friction for me, it usually ends up being useful to other people too.

• claude-agent-sdk-starter — Pipeline-first framework for building AI applications. Pipelines are the product, UIs are just clients. Read the blog post
• pi-agent-sdk-starter — Batteries-included starter for building agentic desktop apps on the Pi SDK. Electron + React shell, Pi runtime, configurable providers. Demo ships a verified researcher → analyst → writer pipeline.

• cursor-memory-bank — Persistent AI memory with visual process maps. VAN/PLAN/CREATIVE lifecycle for structured AI development
• Claude-Code-MindPalace — Never write commit messages again. Auto-checkpoint, auto-squash into professional git history

• claude-code-sub-agent-collective — Hub-and-spoke coordination through Claude Code. Context engineering research in action. One of the very first long running agents.

• cline.code — OpenAI-compatible API bridge for Claude.Code via MCP
• atomic-writer-mcp — Atomic file operations. Built to test MCP. Launch month after watching AI overwrite my Obsidian notes one too many times
• poe2scout-mcp — POE2 trading intelligence: 11 specialized tools for currency analysis & arbitrage

• markdown-viewer — Professional markdown viewer for Windows/macOS. Perfect for sharing AI outputs with non-technical staff
• claude-code-reclaimr — Intelligent file organization assistant. 7/30-day archiving while you sleep
• yt-whisper-analyzer — YouTube transcription & keyword analysis via Whisper/Groq
• whisper-remote — Trigger Whisper Flow from your phone. Walk around, dictate, hit enter — stay in flow

• elden-ring-interactive-guide — Interactive quest tracker for Elden Ring

• 3,500+ GitHub stars in under a year, built under this handle
• Top 0.01% of GitHub repositories globally
• Featured at AI Coding Dojo meetups in Japan
• cursor-memory-bank: 400+ forks, 15% fork ratio!

• YouTube: cursor-memory-bank walkthrough
• YouTube: Context Engineering deep dive

• The Dark Factory: Building the Software Factory That Runs Without You
• How I Reached GitHub's Top 0.01%
• The Side Hustle That Mattered: My AI Journey from 2017 to Now
• Making Your Blog AI-Agent Friendly with llms.txt
• Whisper Remote: Stay in Flow While Talking to AI

I build in public and work with the OSS community on the projects here. If something I am building is useful to you, open an issue, start a discussion, or send a PR.

• Blog: blog.vanzan01.org
• GitHub: You're here!