Guides and notes from building Klyr: own your AI history, run your clone, work with a memory that can't forget.
Field notes
A plugin update reached new Claude Code sessions but not your background one, even after /reload-plugins. claude respawn fixes it: the id it takes, the traps.
2026-09-25 · 6 min
Data
Anthropic revenue, Claude Code adoption, enterprise share, investors: every Claude usage statistic for 2026, read on its primary source, dated and linked.
2026-09-13 · 8 min
Field notes
No mind reading: a DNA of facts, a SOUL of behavior, and a memory that holds you to your own words. Both templates included.
2026-07-20 · 6 min
Field notes
Transcript-based AI memory indexes what was said. Durable facts are born in tool results and never appear as prose. The action-journal pattern fixes it.
2026-07-16 · 5 min
Field notes
The autoCompactThreshold settings key everyone shares does not work. The env var pair that actually moves Claude Code's auto-compact trigger, updated for 2.1.220.
2026-07-16 · 6 min
Field notes
Since v2.1.200 the /mcp menu refuses to open in background sessions. What works: one interactive sign-in, a shared credential store, automatic refresh.
2026-07-16 · 5 min
Field notes
Tired of approving every Claude Code action? Don't switch to bypassPermissions. Auto mode clears ~99% of prompts and still stops the dangerous ones.
2026-07-16 · 3 min
Field notes
CONNECTION_CLOSED on Windows? Your MCP server started WSL's bash, not Git Bash. Why the PATH fix can't work, measured on our own machines, and what does.
2026-07-16 · 7 min
Field notes
rclone exports Google Docs as native markdown and pushes markdown back to the same doc — same id, same URL, same sharing. The exact flags and the traps.
2026-07-16 · 5 min
Guide
Every Claude.ai plan, model and feature explained — plus the usage-limit mechanics nobody teaches: why long chats burn your quota and how to stop it.
2026-07-15 · 6 min
Guide
Claude Code is not just for programmers. The complete non-developer guide: what it is, why it beats the chat window, and your first 30 minutes, step by step.
2026-07-15 · 7 min
Guide
What Claude Cowork is, how its VM sandbox earns your trust, what 1.2M sessions say people use it for, and the limits Anthropic tells you about.
2026-07-15 · 5 min
Guide
The Claude Desktop app explained: what each of the three tabs can touch on your computer, local extensions, the Code tab, and computer use tiers.
2026-07-15 · 5 min
Guide
The official Claude add-in for Excel: cell-level citations, edits that preserve formula dependencies, #REF! debugging — install, platforms, limits.
2026-07-15 · 4 min
Guide
The official Claude add-in for PowerPoint respects your slide master, makes native editable charts, and pulls numbers straight from Excel. Full guide.
2026-07-15 · 4 min
Guide
The official Claude add-in for Word edits in native tracked changes, summarizes counterparty redlines and cites its sources. Guide, install, limits.
2026-07-15 · 4 min
Guide
Claude's Chrome extension clicks, fills forms and automates web tasks. What it does, the safety model, the published numbers, and where it stops.
2026-07-15 · 4 min
Guide
Claude Tag puts a persistent @Claude teammate in your Slack channels — shared, with memory and ambient mode. What it is and who can get it today.
2026-07-15 · 3 min
Guide
Both OpenAI and Anthropic let you download everything you ever said to them. Click-by-click, with the two 30-second screen recordings — and what to do with the archives once they land.
2026-07-15 · 4 min
Guide
The exact Obsidian setup that survives real life: one inbox, four PARA folders, one weekly gate. Capture everything, find anything, maintain nothing.
2026-07-15 · 6 min
Guide
You don't code? VS Code is still the best app on your computer: one window for all your notes, files, projects and AI. Here's the non-developer setup.
2026-07-15 · 5 min
Guide
Chat, Cowork, Claude Code, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Chrome, Slack — eight ways to use Claude, one decision guide. Stop using the wrong tool for the job.
2026-07-15 · 5 min