ReferenceReference
AI Glossary
Plain-language definitions for models, prompts, context, agents, tools, retrieval, and evaluations.
Core concept
- Audience
- Learner, Practitioner
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- None
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
ChecklistChecklist
Prompt Checklist
A compact preflight for tasks, context, constraints, output, and verification.
Core concept
- Audience
- Learner, Practitioner
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- None
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
ChecklistChecklist
Agent Safety Checklist
Permission, data, verification, logging, and rollback questions before an agent acts.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Decision toolDecision Path
Provider Decision Card
A reusable comparison card for quality, cost, data, tools, and operations.
AnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
How-toTemplate
Daily AI Task Starter
A reusable prompt and working loop for turning ordinary work into a clear, verifiable AI task.
Core concept
- Audience
- Learner, Practitioner
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- None
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
How-toPlaybook
Context Budget Playbook
Keep long AI sessions focused by loading the smallest useful working set and refreshing stale context deliberately.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAI
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Decision toolDecision Path
AI Output Verification Ladder
Choose a level of checking that matches the claim, uncertainty, and consequence of the work.
Core concept
- Audience
- Learner, Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- None
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI service operationsDecision Path
AI Gateway vs. Direct Provider Decision
Decide whether an AI gateway earns its additional trust, latency, cost, and failure boundary through enforceable governance or operational value.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI service operationsChecklist
AI Service Authentication and Billing Readiness
Prepare a provider API project with separate human and workload identities, least-privilege credentials, billing ownership, limits, monitoring, and tested rotation.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI service operationsPlaybook
Generative AI Cost Control Runbook
Attribute, forecast, constrain, investigate, and optimize AI usage without trading away required quality, safety, or reliability.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI service operationsDecision Path
AI Observability Platform Selection Guide
Select telemetry standards and products from the decisions operators must make, while minimizing sensitive-content collection and vendor lock-in.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding agentsChecklist
AI-Assisted Code Review Checklist
Review AI-assisted changes for correctness, security, evidence, maintainability, and scope without treating model output as approval.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 2 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding agentsDecision Path
AI Coding-Agent Permission Boundaries
Define least-privilege tool access, trust boundaries, approval gates, and postconditions for coding-agent work.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 2 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding agentsTemplate
AI Coding-Agent Work Plan Template
Turn a requested outcome into a bounded, dependency-aware plan with acceptance evidence and explicit approval gates.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 2 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding agentsPlaybook
Implementation Evidence Loop
Implement coding-agent changes in small increments that continuously prove scope, behavior, safety, and recoverability.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 2 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding agentsChecklist
Repository Orientation Checklist
Build a verified map of a repository before asking an AI coding agent to plan or modify it.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding agentsTemplate
Test and Debug Handoff
Transfer a failing or partially verified coding-agent change with a reproducible state, bounded hypothesis, and clear next action.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
Aider Operating Card
Use Aider as a Git-aware terminal pair programmer with an explicit model, file set, test loop, and recovery checkpoint.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
Claude Code Operating Card
Choose and operate Claude Code with explicit repository scope, permissions, verification, and recovery.
Anthropic
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 2 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
Cline Operating Card
Use Cline with a deliberate Plan-to-Act transition, reviewed approvals, independent Git history, and checkpoint-aware recovery.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
Codex CLI Operating Card
Choose and operate Codex CLI with bounded workspace permissions, reviewed actions, and reproducible verification.
OpenAI
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 2 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
Continue Operating Card
Configure Continue agents with explicit models, rules, tools, secrets, and a reproducible workspace-level verification loop.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
Cursor Operating Card
Use Cursor Agent with scoped rules, reviewed terminal actions and diffs, deliberate privacy settings, and checkpoint-backed recovery.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
Devin Operating Card
Delegate bounded repository work to Devin with explicit success criteria, reviewed knowledge and playbooks, and pull-request evidence.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
Gemini CLI Operating Card
Choose and operate Gemini CLI with an explicit authentication path, tool boundary, sandbox decision, and recovery plan.
Google
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 2 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
GitHub Copilot Operating Card
Use GitHub Copilot chat, coding agent, CLI, and code review with repository instructions, branch protection, and human validation.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
Jules Operating Card
Use Jules for reviewed GitHub tasks in an isolated environment with repository-specific setup, plan approval, and branch evidence.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
Kilo Code Operating Card
Use Kilo Code modes, agent rules, approvals, and snapshots as a scoped workflow with independent Git and test verification.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
OpenClaw Operating Card
Operate OpenClaw as a self-hosted agent gateway with explicit channels, tools, sandboxing, credentials, health checks, and rollback.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
OpenCode Operating Card
Use OpenCode with version-correct permission rules, scoped agents, protected secrets, and a reviewed terminal evidence loop.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
Roo Code Operating Card
Use Roo Code modes, checkpoints, and granular approvals without treating auto-approval as a substitute for scope and review.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
AI coding toolsReference
Windsurf Operating Card
Use Windsurf Cascade with scoped Code and Chat modes, durable rules, reviewed tools, and named checkpoint recovery.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Evaluation and safetyPlaybook
Bounded AI Red-Team Exercise
Plan and run authorized adversarial tests against the complete AI application while protecting people, data, systems, and downstream tools.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Evaluation and safetyTemplate
AI Evaluation Plan Charter
Turn an AI use case into a versioned evaluation plan with measurable outcomes, representative slices, blocking thresholds, accountable owners, and a repeatable decision process.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 2 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Evaluation and safetyTemplate
Evidence-Based AI Evaluation Rubric
Design observable criteria, anchored score levels, calibrated graders, and blocking safety rules that make qualitative AI judgments reproducible.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Educator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 2 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Evaluation and safetyChecklist
Human-Controlled AI Release Gate
Convert evaluation, safety, security, privacy, operational, and rollback evidence into an accountable promote, hold, or reject decision.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Evaluation and safetyPlaybook
Representative AI Evaluation Dataset
Build a privacy-safe, versioned set of normal, boundary, adversarial, and incident-derived cases that measures the application people will actually use.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator, Educator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 2 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
MCP and orchestrationTemplate
Agent Handoff Evidence Contract
Transfer work between agents or people with explicit ownership, minimized context, verified state, acceptance evidence, and safe continuation rules.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
MCP and orchestrationReference
MCP Primitives and Lifecycle Reference
Use MCP hosts, clients, servers, capabilities, transports, tools, resources, and prompts without confusing protocol roles or trust boundaries.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Learner, Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
MCP and orchestrationChecklist
MCP Server Trust Review
Review an MCP server's provenance, code path, identity, data access, tools, authorization, and containment before connection.
Core conceptAnthropic
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 2 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
MCP and orchestrationDecision Path
Agent Orchestration Pattern Decision Guide
Choose direct tools, deterministic workflows, manager-agent delegation, handoffs, parallel work, or human routing from control and evidence needs.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
MCP and orchestrationTemplate
Agent Tool Contract Design Template
Design model-callable tools with a narrow purpose, explicit schemas, enforced authorization, predictable errors, and verifiable side effects.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 2 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Models and providersDecision Path
Current Model Family Selection Matrix
Turn current Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google model catalogs into a dated candidate list, then select with workload evidence instead of product rank or memory.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Models and providersDecision Path
Hosted vs. Self-Hosted Model Decision
Choose a managed API, cloud deployment, managed compute, or self-hosted model from workload, data, reliability, staffing, and total-cost evidence.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Models and providersDecision Path
Microsoft Foundry Model Deployment Decision
Select and govern a Microsoft Foundry model deployment using current catalog availability, workload evaluation, identity, region, capacity, cost, and recovery evidence.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Models and providersChecklist
Open-Weight Model Adoption Gate
Review model identity, license, provenance, artifacts, runtime, evaluation, security, operations, and rollback before adopting an open-weight model.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Models and providersPlaybook
Role-Based Model Routing Evaluation
Assign models to planner, executor, reviewer, researcher, and specialist roles only after testing the role contract and end-to-end workflow.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Practical workflowsPlaybook
Bug from Stack Trace Workflow
Turn a stack trace into a minimized reproducer, evidence-backed cause, bounded fix, regression test, and verified user outcome.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Practical workflowsPlaybook
Bounded Critic Loop Workflow
Use an independent critique and revision loop with a frozen rubric, evidence requirements, iteration budget, and human-owned acceptance decision.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Practical workflowsPlaybook
Documentation Backfill Workflow
Reconstruct missing documentation from code, tests, configuration, history, and observed behavior while marking uncertainty and keeping volatile claims sourced.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Practical workflowsPlaybook
Legacy Codebase Refactor Workflow
Characterize existing behavior, create safety seams, and refactor legacy code in reversible slices without allowing AI to redesign undocumented contracts.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
ContextPlaybook
Context Refresh Runbook
Refresh long-running AI work without carrying forward superseded decisions, stale facts, unsafe instructions, or unresolved side effects.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
ContextChecklist
Context Selection Checklist
Select the smallest trustworthy working set by relevance, authority, freshness, provenance, sensitivity, and contradiction value.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
PromptingDecision Path
Prompt Pattern Decision Guide
Choose the smallest prompting pattern that matches the failure you need to prevent, then evaluate it against representative cases.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Learner, Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
PromptingTemplate
Reusable Prompt Template Pack
Copy safe, provider-neutral templates for summarizing, transforming, comparing, researching, and reviewing work with visible evidence.
Core concept
- Audience
- Learner, Practitioner, Educator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- None
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
PromptingHow To
Structured Output Contract
Design portable output contracts, use provider schema features where supported, and validate shape, meaning, authority, and evidence before downstream use.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
PromptingTemplate
Task Framing Contract
Turn an unclear request into an outcome, authority boundary, evidence plan, and explicit stopping condition before asking an AI system to work.
Core concept
- Audience
- Learner, Practitioner, Developer
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- None
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Provider workflowsPlaybook
Anthropic Evaluation and Error Triage
Turn a Claude workflow into measurable tests, preserve request evidence, classify API failures, and release or recover through explicit gates.
Anthropic
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Provider workflowsPlaybook
Anthropic Messages API Request Workflow
Send a bounded Claude Messages API request with environment-based credentials, explicit configuration, response inspection, and recoverable failure handling.
Anthropic
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Provider workflowsReference
Anthropic Strict Tools and Structured Output
Choose between Claude JSON output and strict tool use, define constrained schemas, validate semantics, and keep tool execution under application control.
Anthropic
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Provider workflowsPlaybook
Cross-Provider Evaluation and Migration Workflow
Compare or migrate Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google workflows through one application-owned contract, provider-specific adapters, representative evaluation, staged cutover, and tested rollback.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Provider workflowsTemplate
Cross-Provider Runtime Configuration Contract
Separate application intent from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google credentials, models, API versions, state, capabilities, and operational limits without pretending their APIs are equivalent.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Provider workflowsPlaybook
Google Gemini Evaluation and Error Triage
Build representative Gemini evaluation datasets, preserve interaction evidence, classify API failures, and release or recover through explicit gates.
Google
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Provider workflowsPlaybook
Google Gemini Interactions API Request Workflow
Send a bounded Gemini Interactions API request with environment-based credentials and model configuration, typed response inspection, and recoverable failure handling.
Google
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Provider workflowsReference
Google Gemini Functions and Structured Output
Choose between Gemini schema-constrained output and function calling, define narrow contracts, validate semantics, and keep execution under application control.
Google
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Provider workflowsPlaybook
OpenAI Evaluation and Error Triage
Apply eval-driven development to an OpenAI workflow, preserve request evidence, classify failures, and release or recover through explicit gates.
OpenAI
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Provider workflowsPlaybook
OpenAI Responses API Request Workflow
Send a bounded OpenAI Responses API request with environment-based credentials, explicit configuration, output inspection, and recoverable failure handling.
OpenAI
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Provider workflowsReference
OpenAI Strict Functions and Structured Output
Choose between Responses structured text and strict function calls, define constrained schemas, validate semantics, and keep execution under application control.
OpenAI
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
VerificationChecklist
Citation Support Checklist
Check that every citation resolves, identifies the intended source, and supports the nearby claim without scope, date, or attribution drift.
Core conceptAnthropicOpenAIGoogle
- Audience
- Learner, Practitioner, Educator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
ResearchTemplate
Claim Decomposition Map
Break a broad answer into atomic factual, comparative, causal, predictive, and normative claims so each can receive the evidence and review it needs.
Core concept
- Audience
- Learner, Practitioner, Developer, Educator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
VerificationDecision Path
Consequence-Based Review Gate
Scale evidence, independence, expertise, approval, monitoring, and rollback to the realistic harm caused by an incorrect AI-assisted result.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
VerificationPlaybook
Fact Verification Workflow
Verify material facts through bounded questions, current primary evidence, contradiction searches, reproducible checks, and explicit uncertainty.
Core concept
- Audience
- Learner, Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
ResearchDecision Path
Source Authority Ladder
Choose evidence by ownership, directness, currency, scope, and independence instead of treating every search result as equally trustworthy.
Core concept
- Audience
- Learner, Practitioner, Developer, Educator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 1 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Self-hosted model operationsPlaybook
Cloud-Managed Model Compute Runbook
Use managed cloud compute as a replaceable deployment adapter while preserving exact model identity, tenant authority, evaluation, cost, telemetry, and recovery evidence.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Self-hosted model operationsPlaybook
Container and On-Premises Model Service Runbook
Operate a shared containerized model service with pinned artifacts, explicit host and cluster boundaries, measured capacity, and reversible releases.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Self-hosted model operationsPlaybook
Edge Model Service Runbook
Qualify and operate an edge model under device, power, connectivity, physical-access, privacy, update, and recovery constraints.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Self-hosted model operationsDecision Path
Self-Hosted Model Deployment Shape Decision
Choose among workstation, container or on-premises, edge, and cloud-managed model compute using workload, authority, evidence, and recovery requirements.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Self-hosted model operationsTemplate
Self-Hosted Model Evaluation, Capacity, and Observability
Join exact-build quality and safety evaluation, representative load, bounded capacity, privacy-conscious telemetry, cost, and actionable alerts.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Self-hosted model operationsChecklist
Self-Hosted Model Security Boundary
Define and test artifact, caller, operator, network, secret, resource-abuse, audit, revocation, and recovery controls for a model service.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Self-hosted model operationsTroubleshooting
Self-Hosted Model Update, Rollback, and Incident Playbook
Qualify complete serving-unit changes, release with bounded exposure, roll back on a forced gate failure, and recover incidents through evidence-based closure.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Self-hosted model operationsPlaybook
Workstation Model Service Runbook
Build and operate a bounded local model service on one workstation without confusing locality with security, privacy, or production readiness.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Setup and quick referenceReference
Agent Configuration Layering Reference
Locate and reconcile system, managed, user, workspace, local, and task-level AI tool configuration without guessing which layer wins.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Setup and quick referenceHow To
AI Coding Workspace Bootstrap
Prepare a version-controlled workspace for an AI coding assistant without mixing credentials, generated files, or unrelated changes into the task.
Core concept
- Audience
- Learner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Setup and quick referenceHow To
Commands, Hooks, and Automation Guide
Choose between interactive commands, reusable command templates, hooks, and CI automation according to trigger, authority, side effects, and verification needs.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Setup and quick referenceReference
Project 42 Daily AI Work Quick Reference
Use a compact orient, plan, execute, verify, and recover loop for everyday AI-assisted work, with deeper Project 42 guides for specialized decisions.
Core concept
- Audience
- Learner, Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Setup and quick referenceHow To
Windows Terminal AI Workspace Setup
Create a predictable Windows Terminal workspace for local AI tools while keeping shells, paths, profiles, and credentials explicit.
Core concept
- Audience
- Learner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Troubleshooting and operationsTroubleshooting
Agent Tool Failure Recovery
Diagnose tool selection, schema, authorization, execution, result-matching, timeout, and side-effect failures without allowing an agent to retry blindly.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Troubleshooting and operationsTroubleshooting
AI API Failure Triage
Classify authentication, request, quota, timeout, rate-limit, provider, and application failures before retrying or escalating an AI API call.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Troubleshooting and operationsDecision Path
AI Incident Triage
Stabilize an AI-enabled service, classify impact, preserve privacy-safe evidence, reconcile uncertain actions, and route decisions to accountable humans.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Troubleshooting and operationsPlaybook
AI Rollback and Incident Closeout
Restore a verified AI workflow, reconcile state and side effects, prove recovery, and close an incident only after corrective work has accountable evidence.
Core concept
- Audience
- Developer, Operator, Leader
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial
Troubleshooting and operationsPlaybook
Context and Quality Regression Triage
Isolate whether an AI quality regression comes from task distribution, prompts, context, retrieval, model behavior, tools, graders, or application changes.
Core concept
- Audience
- Practitioner, Developer, Operator
- Level
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- 3 listed
- Owner
- Project42 Editorial