A PERSONAL COLLECTION
Hi, I'm Ashton.
AI Engineer: agent systems and LLM pipeline reliability
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ABOUT / PROJECT INDEX
Hi, I'm Ashton.
I build software and agent workflows. This desktop collects projects, research, writing, and earlier website concepts.
Projects
01 / CLI
Keepout
Checks Codex permission profiles using disposable canary probes and controls. An Engine run produced Keepout for a competition. macOS only, observations rather than certification.
02 / SYSTEM
Opportunity Engine
I created Engine with AI assistance to scan and classify opportunities and coordinate bounded worker and human steps. Engine is private.
03 / CODEX PLUGIN
Roadmap
A Codex plugin that keeps decisions, requirements, evidence, and checkpoints in local .roadmap/ records so work can resume across sessions. Roadmap is private.
04 / RESEARCH DESK
CASE
A linked workspace I built for researching market activity, ownership, and participants without jumping between separate tools. This demonstration uses fictional data.
05 / WALLET RESEARCH
Relay
A wallet research and paper copy-trading workflow exploring what a later buyer might receive. The walkthrough uses synthetic data and executes no trades.
06 / JEWELRY DESIGN
Jewel AI
A jewelry design intake and image-generation project. Prototype, not launched.
More to explore
The essays offer perspectives on AI and business. The archive contains earlier website design concepts, presented as concepts rather than live client services.
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CASE
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Relay
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Roadmap
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JEWELRY DESIGN
Jewel AI
A jewelry design intake and image-generation project.
Prototype, not launched.
ASHTON MACDONALD
AI Engineer: agent systems and LLM pipeline reliability
Keepout
Keepout checks Codex permission profiles using disposable canary probes and control checks. It reports invalid or unmeasured runs separately from observed outcomes.
For a competition, a run of Engine, a system I created with AI assistance, produced Keepout.
macOS only, observations rather than certification.
OPPORTUNITY RESEARCH
Opportunity Engine
I created Engine with AI assistance to scan and classify opportunities and coordinate bounded worker and human steps.
One output: Keepout
For a competition, an Engine run produced Keepout, a tool that checks Codex permission profiles using disposable canary probes and controls.
Engine is private.
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Earlier website concepts. These demos show design work; they are not live client services.
Working with AshtonSystems / Software
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research and recurring work.
I design and build agent systems, research tools, and custom software.
Agent systems
Software that uses AI for research and recurring work.
Controls, visible progress, and room for human judgement.
Custom software
Research workspaces, internal tools, and interactive software built around a specific problem.
Interfaces, data handling, simulation, and the logic that connects them.
Websites & interfacesI also design and build websites.
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