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1. AI001
   Briefing the AI2 min read

   A 32-point audit: how to check an AI agent’s work

   An AI agent built the system from our description and reported that everything was done. A code review showed that a lot was lost and some things were only half done. How we reorganised the work so this wouldn’t happen again.

2. AI002
   Briefing the AI3 min read

   A complete brief: ISBN lookup

   We have said a lot about how to brief an AI agent. Here is a real brief that went to the agent, with commentary: why each part is there and what it prevents.

3. AI003
   Briefing the AI2 min read

   22 fixes in three stages: how not to break a working system

   While we were taking screenshots for this journal, a list of 22 flaws built up. Handing it to the agent as one task would have been the surest way to break something. How we split the work.