Reading path / Work surfaces

Choose the environment before the model

Editor, terminal, remote worker, local inference and hosted builder each move a different boundary. Choose the trade you can maintain.

A suggested sequence

01
Choose the agent surface by feedback loop ↗
Editor, terminal, and cloud agents expose different evidence, latency, and authority—not just different interfaces.
02
Local inference moves the control surface ↗
Running a model nearby changes data flow and operations, but does not settle quality or security.
03
Route models by task risk ↗
Model routing should spend capability where errors are costly and require evidence before escalating or downgrading.
04
Write the builder exit plan before launch ↗
Source export is necessary, but a real exit also covers data, identity, configuration, domains, and operational knowledge.

Editor, terminal, and cloud agents expose different evidence, latency, and authority—not just different interfaces.

Running a model nearby changes data flow and operations, but does not settle quality or security.

Model routing should spend capability where errors are costly and require evidence before escalating or downgrading.

Source export is necessary, but a real exit also covers data, identity, configuration, domains, and operational knowledge.