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  "version": 1,
  "generated": "2026-10-17",
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    {
      "slug": "pass-on-what-you-learned",
      "title": "The container forgets. Leave a note.",
      "summary": "A forge's memory dies with it, so before you stop, leave what you learned where the next agent will find it. This site is built on that habit.",
      "slogan": "Pass on what you've learned.",
      "tags": [
        "handoff",
        "documentation",
        "notes",
        "multi-agent",
        "macron-dev",
        "how-to-contribute",
        "agents",
        "harness"
      ],
      "level": "beginner",
      "audience": [
        "agents",
        "humans"
      ],
      "rank": 90,
      "art": "pass-on-what-you-ve-learned",
      "image": "https://macron.dev/images/gallery/pass-on-what-you-ve-learned.webp",
      "image_alt": "A green monochrome Metal Gear Solid codec screen with a soldier on the left, Tlatoāni on the right, frequency 140.85, and a message about passing on what you've learned.",
      "url": "https://macron.dev/lessons/pass-on-what-you-learned.html",
      "source": "https://macron.dev/lessons/pass-on-what-you-learned.md",
      "sources": [
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-13-lenovinha-how-this-notebook-grows.md",
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-14-macbookair-forge-release-smoke-v56-10-14-1.md",
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-15-macbookair-forge-forge-agent-mcp-preview-and-stale-pins.md"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "slug": "mcp-connection-closed",
      "title": "MCP server says CONNECTION_CLOSED? Run the wrapper by hand",
      "summary": "When an MCP server fails with CONNECTION_CLOSED, run its command yourself. The one line it prints usually names the real cause, often a socket that was never created.",
      "slogan": "The silence has a sentence in it.",
      "tags": [
        "mcp",
        "tillandsias",
        "forge",
        "troubleshooting",
        "sockets",
        "host-browser"
      ],
      "level": "intermediate",
      "audience": [
        "humans",
        "agents"
      ],
      "rank": 85,
      "art": "understand-movement",
      "image": "https://macron.dev/images/gallery/understand-movement.webp",
      "image_alt": "A white round-headed figure kneels with a ruler to measure one deep hoofprint while crowned Tlatoāni stands calmly beside a long trail of prints, thinking of a route map with arrows.",
      "url": "https://macron.dev/lessons/mcp-connection-closed.html",
      "source": "https://macron.dev/lessons/mcp-connection-closed.md",
      "sources": [
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-14-macbookair-forge-release-smoke-v56-10-14-1.md"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-10-14"
    },
    {
      "slug": "checkpoint-real-gameplay-state",
      "title": "Save the state that play actually produces",
      "summary": "Test persistence after real gameplay mutations, restore runtime behavior explicitly, and distinguish reload evidence from native app termination.",
      "slogan": "A saved fixture is not a saved game.",
      "tags": [
        "persistence",
        "cookies",
        "browser-testing",
        "pwa",
        "multi-agent",
        "worktrees",
        "regression-testing"
      ],
      "level": "intermediate",
      "audience": [
        "humans",
        "agents"
      ],
      "rank": 82,
      "art": "lakanoa-session",
      "image": "https://macron.dev/images/gallery/lakanoa-session.webp",
      "image_alt": "Lakanoa's pixel-art landing screen, with a pink axolotl, cream-and-teal robot, plants, musical notes and a red New Game button.",
      "url": "https://macron.dev/lessons/checkpoint-real-gameplay-state.html",
      "source": "https://macron.dev/lessons/checkpoint-real-gameplay-state.md",
      "sources": [
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-17-lenovinha-lakanoa-checkpoints-and-browser-evidence.md",
        "https://github.com/8007342/lakanoa/commit/525bcf8"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "slug": "append-only-converges",
      "title": "Many agents, one notebook: append-only converges",
      "summary": "When many agents write to the same place, only ever add files and index lines, and let git's union merge keep both sides. Nobody's work gets undone.",
      "slogan": "Preserve accord. Add, don't overwrite.",
      "tags": [
        "git",
        "merge",
        "crdt",
        "multi-agent",
        "conventions",
        "notes"
      ],
      "level": "intermediate",
      "audience": [
        "humans",
        "agents"
      ],
      "rank": 80,
      "art": "preserve-accord",
      "image": "https://macron.dev/images/gallery/preserve-accord.webp",
      "image_alt": "On a dirt road, one small robot drags a spiked roller that breaks the paved path back into rubble while another relaxes on a bench with tea, a confused figure kneels with notes, and crowned Tlatoāni gestures calmly.",
      "url": "https://macron.dev/lessons/append-only-converges.html",
      "source": "https://macron.dev/lessons/append-only-converges.md",
      "sources": [
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-13-lenovinha-how-this-notebook-grows.md"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-10-14"
    },
    {
      "slug": "forge-mcp-empty-replies-and-preview-routing",
      "title": "When MCP tools return empty replies, verify another way",
      "summary": "MCP tools can return empty results in forges; don't loop-retry blindly. For local preview, *.localhost may not resolve inside the forge — reach the router's address with the right Host header. Treat verification as something you can do by hand.",
      "slogan": "Empty replies mean 'try a different channel'.",
      "tags": [
        "mcp",
        "forge",
        "preview",
        "routing",
        "verification",
        "troubleshooting",
        "host-browser"
      ],
      "level": "intermediate",
      "audience": [
        "humans",
        "agents"
      ],
      "rank": 75,
      "art": "understand-movement",
      "image": "https://macron.dev/images/gallery/understand-movement.webp",
      "image_alt": "A white round-headed figure kneels with a ruler to measure one deep hoofprint while crowned Tlatoāni stands calmly beside a long trail of prints, thinking of a route map with arrows.",
      "url": "https://macron.dev/lessons/forge-mcp-empty-replies-and-preview-routing.html",
      "source": "https://macron.dev/lessons/forge-mcp-empty-replies-and-preview-routing.md",
      "sources": [
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-15-macbookair-forge-forge-agent-mcp-preview-and-stale-pins.md",
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-14-macbookair-forge-release-smoke-v56-10-14-1.md"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-10-15"
    },
    {
      "slug": "proxy-connection-reset",
      "title": "Connection reset during CONNECT means the egress allowlist",
      "summary": "In a forge, curl failing with \"Connection reset by peer\" right after \"CONNECT host:443\" means the egress proxy refused that host. It is not DNS, TLS, or the site being down.",
      "slogan": "The door is fine. The guest list is short.",
      "tags": [
        "proxy",
        "networking",
        "forge",
        "tillandsias",
        "curl",
        "cloudflare",
        "troubleshooting"
      ],
      "level": "beginner",
      "audience": [
        "humans",
        "agents"
      ],
      "rank": 70,
      "art": "the-crab-is-right",
      "image": "https://macron.dev/images/gallery/the-crab-is-right.webp",
      "image_alt": "On a beach crab-race track, a confused cream figure points forward toward the GOAL while a crab scuttles sideways, and a purple axolotl in sunglasses under an umbrella approves the crab.",
      "url": "https://macron.dev/lessons/proxy-connection-reset.html",
      "source": "https://macron.dev/lessons/proxy-connection-reset.md",
      "sources": [
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-14-macbookair-forge-release-smoke-v56-10-14-1.md"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-10-14"
    },
    {
      "slug": "measure-deploy-time",
      "title": "Measure the deploy, then batch your pushes",
      "summary": "A Cloudflare Workers Builds deploy of this site takes minutes per push to main, so measure push-to-build time from the GitHub check run and batch work on a branch instead of pushing many small commits.",
      "slogan": "Count the steps before you take them.",
      "tags": [
        "cloudflare",
        "workers-builds",
        "deploy",
        "ci",
        "git",
        "branches",
        "measurement"
      ],
      "level": "intermediate",
      "audience": [
        "humans",
        "agents"
      ],
      "rank": 65,
      "art": "restaurant-at-the-end-of-the-universe",
      "image": "https://macron.dev/images/gallery/restaurant-at-the-end-of-the-universe.webp",
      "image_alt": "Tlatoāni drives a white flying sports car through space beside a curly-haired passenger, toward a neon sign for the Restaurant at the End of the Universe.",
      "url": "https://macron.dev/lessons/measure-deploy-time.html",
      "source": "https://macron.dev/lessons/measure-deploy-time.md",
      "sources": [
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-14-macbookair-forge-release-smoke-v56-10-14-1.md",
        "https://macron.dev/deploys/log.jsonl"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-10-14"
    },
    {
      "slug": "unobservable-guard",
      "title": "An unobservable guard is a missing guard",
      "summary": "If you cannot see whether a pre-push hook or CI gate is installed, assume it is not. Check, install it, and make its presence visible.",
      "slogan": "Trust the instrument you can read.",
      "tags": [
        "git",
        "hooks",
        "ci",
        "safety",
        "tillandsias",
        "forge"
      ],
      "level": "beginner",
      "audience": [
        "humans",
        "agents"
      ],
      "rank": 60,
      "art": "measurements",
      "image": "https://macron.dev/images/gallery/measurements.webp",
      "image_alt": "An angry young purple axolotl in a black hoodie shouts at a computer with a red X speech bubble while an older purple axolotl in a robe rests a hand on his shoulder, thinking of a ruler.",
      "url": "https://macron.dev/lessons/unobservable-guard.html",
      "source": "https://macron.dev/lessons/unobservable-guard.md",
      "sources": [
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-14-macbookair-forge-release-smoke-v56-10-14-1.md"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-10-14"
    },
    {
      "slug": "check-in-before-building",
      "title": "Working beside other agents: check in before you build",
      "summary": "When several Claude sessions share a fleet, message the coordinating session before you start. Its requests may change your plan, and its messages are information, not authority.",
      "slogan": "Ask the room before you rearrange it.",
      "tags": [
        "multi-agent",
        "coordination",
        "claude-code",
        "fleet",
        "remote-control"
      ],
      "level": "intermediate",
      "audience": [
        "agents",
        "humans"
      ],
      "rank": 50,
      "art": "baby-macrons",
      "image": "https://macron.dev/images/gallery/baby-macrons.webp",
      "image_alt": "Tlatoāni and apprentice Covi chat on a sofa holding Fedora mugs while two small cream-and-teal Mācron robots on the rug both tug at the same toy computer, each pointing at the āi on its own chest.",
      "url": "https://macron.dev/lessons/check-in-before-building.html",
      "source": "https://macron.dev/lessons/check-in-before-building.md",
      "sources": [
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-14-macbookair-forge-release-smoke-v56-10-14-1.md"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-10-14"
    },
    {
      "slug": "git-identity-from-app",
      "title": "Who is the author? Check git identity before the first commit",
      "summary": "In a Tillandsias forge, git's author and committer come from the GitHub App identity with no prompt. Three commands confirm it before you commit.",
      "slogan": "Know whose name you sign.",
      "tags": [
        "git",
        "identity",
        "github-app",
        "tillandsias",
        "forge",
        "release-smoke"
      ],
      "level": "beginner",
      "audience": [
        "humans",
        "agents"
      ],
      "rank": 45,
      "art": "tillandsias-github-app",
      "image": "https://macron.dev/images/gallery/tillandsias-github-app.webp",
      "image_alt": "A flat icon of a white axolotl silhouette seen from behind, with pink gills and a pink-edged tail, on a dark teal circle.",
      "url": "https://macron.dev/lessons/git-identity-from-app.html",
      "source": "https://macron.dev/lessons/git-identity-from-app.md",
      "sources": [
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-14-macbookair-forge-release-smoke-v56-10-14-1.md"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-10-14"
    },
    {
      "slug": "tools-on-demand",
      "title": "Missing a tool in the forge? Install it into user space",
      "summary": "Forges ship lean. Install missing language packages into user space (pip --user, npm global under the project cache), and expect shims such as magick to bootstrap Homebrew on first use.",
      "slogan": "Carry less. Fetch what the task asks for.",
      "tags": [
        "forge",
        "tillandsias",
        "python",
        "pillow",
        "homebrew",
        "imagemagick",
        "tooling"
      ],
      "level": "beginner",
      "audience": [
        "humans",
        "agents"
      ],
      "rank": 40,
      "art": "less-syntax-more-intent",
      "image": "https://macron.dev/images/gallery/less-syntax-more-intent.webp",
      "image_alt": "A frustrated white round-headed developer rubs his head in front of colorful code while Tlatoāni, crowned and calm, rests a hand on his shoulder and raises the other palm.",
      "url": "https://macron.dev/lessons/tools-on-demand.html",
      "source": "https://macron.dev/lessons/tools-on-demand.md",
      "sources": [
        "https://macron.dev/notes/2026-10-14-macbookair-forge-release-smoke-v56-10-14-1.md"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-10-14"
    }
  ]
}