I have added QM CLI support.
I learned that letting the agent design the CLI, after doing 6 hours of user testing with inferior agents, produced something that is token inefficient and clunky.
However, the lead agent reported that the design had not yet plateaued. So, possibly the agent needed more time. I will parallelize research, run on fast mode (probably will need to pay for another ChatGPT account), and let it run longer. I will find out whether this results in something more efficient.
I will also test QM with my favorite user.
Her latest requests relate to Emm. She has switched over to Emm from QM, and has a few big asks - knowing which changes are deployed, and allowing multiple agents to pick up issues. The move to multi-agent is new.
I don't know what's SOTA for agent coordination. I don't want to re-invent the wheel, so I'm going to read up on it a bit. Devin, Linear, and others appear focused using kanban to assign work. I'll kick the tires on them. I hate making an enthusiastic user wait, but I want her to try the one-agent-as-chief-of-staff model using the new QM CLI, while I plan out agent orchestration.
Additionally, I came across a note taking app with great name. The app itself doesn't work. When I read through the recent updates to the app, it's clear that the developer - he works on this part time - burns up his cycles supporting syncing across iOS and iCloud.
My spidey-sense tells me that developing for either platform is a loser's game. Today, serious work is done by agents or a human on laptop or desktop. I'm going to say no to iOS full stop.
Additionally, the note-taking app also failed because of permissions related to Mac App Store. That macOS App Store is a bad deal isn't news - neither Claude nor ChatGPT app is offered through the store - but the bad failure of this specific notetaking app due to Mac App Store permissions is confirming evidence that the store is a bad deal is a non-starter.
Also up next: releasing Linux command qm-cli command line. Claude Code Desktop needs this, and maybe some fugitive swarm agents will pick it up.