AI operations command centers
One place to direct work, see progress, resolve blockers, review evidence, and approve release.
Understudy Consulting
Capabilities & Work
A complete view of what I can design and what I have built: the working systems, the interfaces behind them, and the boundaries that keep the work dependable.
What this makes possible
The full capability menu.
Using the Orrery architecture, I can design systems around the way a business actually works, with authority and release kept in human hands.
The goal is dependable autonomy: systems that can act, learn, and improve inside clear boundaries while the owner retains authority over strategy, spending, sensitive information, and final release.
Personal builds
The interfaces behind the work.
These screenshots are from products and systems I built for my own work. Project links stay off this page except for Three Mountaintops.
Writing & knowledge
Authors Codex + Ask Your World
A relational novelist workspace for manuscripts, characters, world data, maps, and AI intake, paired with semantic search and cited answers over the private writing corpus.
Synthesis & practice
Michael + Sacred Breath
Michael makes several unrelated personal-data systems coherent through one interface and an AI synthesis layer. Sacred Breath is a progressive web app for structured breathing and fasting practice.
Markets & live data
Pulse Desk
A real-time intraday decision-support system using Schwab market data, five signal families, Black-Scholes pricing, backtests, and EV/Kelly contract ranking.
Content operations
AI Content Engine + Content Studio
A tool-using strategist drafts, an independent critic evaluates, and a human approves before scheduled publishing. The studio adds structured content generation, video analysis, and an editing surface.
Worlds & interactive systems
Three Mountaintops
A membership platform that gates a codex, browser game, Godot/WASM narrative RPG, generated imagery, and lore-grounded chat through one signed session.
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Complete inventory
26 builds and working systems.
The full counted list, grouped by what each system demonstrates. No revenue or client-count claim is attached to the inventory.
AI operations & safe building
Seven working systems
01The OrreryOperations platform that turns goals into organized, measurable work across specialized digital teams.
02The ArmillaryCentral command console for progress, blockers, evidence, lessons, and human approvals.
03Night-shift agent fleetTwelve defined agents, scoped permissions, scheduled reporting, independent checking, and written undo records.
04Personal App EngineA plain-language request becomes a real Next.js project inside a zero-egress Docker sandbox, then pauses for human review before release.
05Understudy Campaign EngineMulti-tenant console with tenant isolation, metered AI calls, sandboxed generated code, and release approval.
06Quote & Intake EngineGuided discovery, site review, phased estimates, Stripe checkout, lead capture, and post-payment intake.
07AI Content EngineTool-using strategist, separate critic, evaluation gate, human approval, and scheduled publishing.
Products & knowledge systems
Seven working systems
08Authors CodexA full novelist workspace with linked relational story data, mapping, manuscripts, and AI intake.
09Ask Your WorldSemantic search and cited answers over a private writing corpus using retrieval and pgvector.
10MichaelMulti-system modeling and AI synthesis with a privacy-preserving crisis-safety gate.
11Sacred BreathA progressive web app for structured breathing and fasting practice.
12Content StudioStructured wellness-content generation and video analysis with an editing surface.
13Interfaith LibrarySearch, side-by-side comparison, concept maps, and guided exploration across a structured corpus.
14Multi-provider AI workspaceChat history, tools, document uploads, citations, media workflows, and optional web search.
Markets & real-time data
Two working systems
15Trade LedgerLive market data, Black-Scholes analysis, pattern detection, and AI-written trade reviews.
16Pulse DeskReal-time Schwab data, five signal families, quantitative pricing, backtests, and contract ranking.
Commerce & business automation
Six working systems
17Personal Subscription ProductA live product with authentication, billing, rate-limited APIs, and AI synthesis.
18Subscription SaaSA three-tier product with Stripe, row-level security, serverless APIs, and a custom chart engine.
19Compatibility Engine RescueA live matchmaking system diagnosed, rebuilt, and shipped to production in about 48 hours.
20Local Service Operating SiteA site plus an AI partner designed for posting, booking, review requests, and rebooking.
21Album AutoposterAn always-on workflow that moves new iCloud Shared Album photos into Instagram and Facebook publishing.
22Local Business Preview LibraryA public collection of tailored concept sites built for real Atlanta businesses.
Worlds & interactive systems
Four working systems
23Three MountaintopsMembership, content gating, spoiler-safe builds, image generation, games, and lore-grounded chat.
24The PathA Godot 4 and C# narrative RPG exported to the web and bridged to membership access.
25The VoyageA live 3D universe of real projects rendered with React Three Fiber and a reduced-motion fallback.
26PlatewrightA repeatable publishing tool that turns structured lore specifications into consistent visual plates.