Random Notes from Twitch May 11, 2026

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Claude Workflow
- PLAN MODE
- effort
- skills
- model choice
- permissions
- "prompt eng"

MCP IS A TOOLBELT. Exposes tools in a structured way to Agents.


Multi-Agent Systems
- Planner agent
- Coordinator agent
- Reviewer Agent
- Coder Agent


What's an API?
Application Programming Interface?
Graphical User Interface (GUI)

The way that a system allows you to interact with it from outside.

"here's the interface you interact with"
/users HTTP GET endpoint
-> I can make a GET request to this endpoint and get a list of users


Failure Modes:
1. Don't go silent
2. ALWAYS RESTATE AND UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM. Do NOT rush to "solution mode"
3. Ask Clarifying Questions about the problem. 


Them: "Loop through this array and print the items on the screen."

You: "I understand the problem here to be that we need to print the items in this array onto the screen, is that right?"

Yes

"Is the array sorted in some specific way?"
"Do we know in advance how many items are in the array?"

Propose the solution:
I think I'll need a for loop and also the `console` module in Javascript to solve this. I imagine that if I loop through the array and use console.log I can print all the items.





RAPC (Restate, Ask, Propose, Constraints)

Focuses heavily on the initial scoping phase

Restate: Paraphrase the problem in your own words

Ask: Clarify ambiguities

Propose: Suggest a high-level solution

Constraints: Define edge cases, input sizes, and performance targets.