Robert Allen

Technologist building AI-powered developer tools and precision agriculture systems. Creator of git-adr, claude-spec, and open source API tooling.

Latest Writing

AI Agents in 2026: Beyond Chat to Autonomous Development

AI agents crossed a threshold in 2026: from answering questions to executing complex tasks autonomously. Here's what that shift means for development, based on building tools that parse 10MB datasets into structured project plans.

Bridging AI Memory to Ontology: The Cognitive Triad

Why I made ontology a first-class requirement in the MIF standard, and how the cognitive triad connects persistent memory, semantic frameworks, and signal detection into a coherent AI architecture.

Friday Roundup - Week 4: New Tools for AI Development

Google is making moves. Their Gemini 3 Pro model now powers AI Overviews for complex search queries. API calls more than doubled to 85 billion by August. Andrew Ng called it at Davos: “Google is clearly having a moment.”

Introducing sigint: Signal Intelligence for Market Research

Market research usually means hours of web searches, scattered notes, and reports you write from memory days later. sigint turns this into a conversation where you ask questions and get comprehensive reports with sources, GitHub issues, and scenario graphs based...

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Open Source

git-adr

Architecture Decision Records stored in git notes with AI-powered drafting.

Python Git Notes CLI

LSP Tools Marketplace

Language Server Protocol tools for Claude Code with 28 language servers and comprehensive hook support.

Claude Code LSP Hooks

NSIP API Client

Python client and MCP server for the National Sheep Improvement Program genetic database.

Python MCP Agriculture

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Robert Allen

Technologist | Regenerative Agriculturist

Passionate about building robust, scalable systems and contributing to open source software. Specializing in backend architecture, API design, and developer tools.

Core Competencies

Python
Go
Architecture
APIs
OpenAPI/Swagger
DevOps
AI Tooling
AI Assisted Development
Open Source