AI agent tool design: build tools a model can actually use
What is AI agent tool design? 54 measured runs across nine tool layers. One number in a directory listing cut a task from $1.01 to 3 cents.
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- CAGR at Seeker Cap
Prasenjit Paul: I build harnesses that put AI to work, and theses that put money to work.
— Hi, I'm Prasenjit Paul, aka Paul Shan.
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What I do.
Each collects its own essays.
The harnesses
Agentic Engineering.
My AI practice — agents and agentic harnesses, from the operating system that delivers software at Anatta to the agents that run my home.
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#engineering
The theses
Seeker Capital.
My investment arm — thesis-driven, my own money only, no clients, no boss. Doubles my net worth every two to three years.
See the thinking →
#investing
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Notes.
All notes →#note
Nothingness and Everythingness is the exact same thing.
#note
TRUTH makes meditation your default state of mind.
#note
It's not "okay" to fail. It's "necessary" to fail.
#note
The best thing a salary can buy is failure.
#note
"Extreme pleasure" is felt in the journey from scarcity to abundance.
#note
Death wakes you to life.
Worldview
I was born as Human Cub.
Then parents made me Hindu.
Soon in school I developed morality & empathy and became secular.
Eventually Science made me an Atheist.
Then my increased interest in history converted me to Homo Sapiens.
Today awareness made me what I am now.