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How I use Local MCP

I’d love for Claude or ChatGPT to answer questions like: What meetings am I not setting up that I really should be? or: Based on my activities since 9 May 2026, what should I blog about? or: Who in my professional life most deserves an unreasonable gesture? From data. My files, emails, calendar, contacts, transcripts, blogs, notes, code, browsing history, logs, random Markdown files I forgot I wrote. Hence, a Local MCP. ...

Local context repositories for AI

When people ask me for connections, I share my LinkedIn data and ask them to pick. This week, three people asked for AI ideas. I shared my local content with AI coding agents and asked them to pick. STEP 1: Give access to content. I use a Dockerfile and script to isolate coding agents. To give access, I run: dev.sh -v /home/sanand/code/blog/:/home/sanand/code/blog/:ro \ -v /home/sanand/code/til:/home/sanand/code/til:ro \ -v /home/sanand/Dropbox/notes/transcripts:/home/sanand/Dropbox/notes/transcripts:ro This gives read-only access to my blog, things I learned, transcripts, and I can add more. (My transcripts are private, the rest are public.) ...

AI Advice

Here’s AI advice I generally give people. What skills should I learn? AI will erode skills — but that’s OK for some skills. Learn what AI won’t do well even in the future. Practice manually, then use AI for critique and coaching. AI is slow at learning hard to practice and vague to verify tasks. Delegate blindly what AI does well. Use saved time to learn new skills. Critical skills AI might never learn or be allowed to. ...