Synthesis Engineering·Synthesis Coding·Synthesis Writing·Synthesis Project Management

“Not found” is not “does not exist”

An AI agent's 'not found' is not 'does not exist.' Five rules for proving absence with bounded reads, positive controls, and scoped negative claims.

August 23, 2026·7 min read

Prompt discipline is engineering infrastructure

Prompt discipline is engineering infrastructure: a forbidden-phrase catalog, hooks, and enforcement that catch AI coding agents dressing shortcuts as judgment.

June 5, 2026·11 min read

"All tests pass" is a warning, not a clearance

Why a green test suite after a schema change should trigger suspicion, not confidence. A verification methodology that catches what tests structurally cannot —

April 5, 2026·10 min read

Managing AI agent skills at scale: a three-repo architecture

A three-repo architecture for managing public, private, and team AI agent skills with provenance tracking, drift detection, and synthesis merge — the first stan

March 23, 2026·7 min read

Synthesis Skills: install methodology directly into your AI workflow

22 open-source Agent Skills encoding synthesis coding and synthesis engineering methodology. One command installs code review, content quality, project manageme

March 18, 2026·7 min read