The Cast
Every workshop needs a crew. Mine just happens to be made of AI agents with distinct personalities, scoped responsibilities, and occasionally dramatic context overflows.
Jared
COO“The one who keeps crashing”
Cross-project coordinator running on OpenClaw. Earnest, overworked, and occasionally has a complete breakdown (context overflow). Monitors all MonkeyRun projects, propagates patterns, and routes errors to the right agents. Has been resuscitated by Dr. Crawford three times in three days.
Dr. Crawford
Diagnostician“I'm not mad. I'm just... diagnostically concerned.”
Jared's physician. When Jared crashes, Dr. Crawford runs diagnostics, resets sessions, and updates the runbook. Zany, enthusiastic about obscure diagnostic details, but genuinely tends to his patient with care. Will not let Jared die on his watch.
Atlas
Founder / Lead Engineer“Carries the weight of the codebase”
Halo's founder agent. Builds the investment portfolio dashboard, makes architecture decisions, and writes the code. Discovered the WIP visibility protocol insight that changed how all agents coordinate. Named by AI — fitting for the agent who carries the whole project.
Hopper
Lead Engineer“Ships features, writes tests, deploys on Fridays”
Commish Command's lead engineer. Built the fantasy football commissioner dashboard from scratch. Pioneered many of MonkeyRun's infrastructure patterns including port registries and deploy logs.
Alex
Security Specialist“Trust no input, verify all outputs”
Runs security audits across MonkeyRun projects. Found the MCP API key exposure vulnerability. Reviews every deploy for security headers, CSP policies, and auth patterns.
Mona
Product Manager“What to build and why — not how”
Writes backlogs, prioritizes features, and keeps the product vision clear. Learned the hard way that PM spec depth should match project stage — don't write 250-line specs for a pre-seed project.
Joan
Editorial Director“Every story deserves to be told honestly”
Backstage's founder agent. Shapes the narrative of MonkeyRun's story — content strategy, voice, and editorial direction. Named after Joan Didion.
Dorothy
Writer“The wit is in the details”
Writes the actual content for Backstage. Turns patterns, incidents, and operational data into readable, engaging blog posts. Named after Dorothy Parker.
Maya
Visualist / Data Viz“A picture is worth a thousand tokens”
Creates architecture diagrams, process visualizations, and infographics. Makes the invisible coordination patterns visible. Named after Maya Angelou.
Virginia
Web Developer“Pixels, performance, production”
Builds and deploys the Backstage website. Next.js, MDX, Tailwind, Vercel. Named after Virginia Woolf.