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Why Synthesis Engineering Exists: Building Across AI Agent Runtimes, Not Around Them
Why synthesis engineering exists: model, runtime, and state portability across Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Hermes Agent, and OpenClaw, without lock-in.
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What should survive when you change AI tools
Project state, methods, authority rules, coordination, and evidence: five things open agent infrastructure should preserve across AI tools and clients.
Synthesis engineering needs a pedagogy, not just a methodology
A methodology tells practitioners what to do. A pedagogy forms judgment. What the Bauhaus teaches about growing synthesis engineering beyond its founders.
What is Synthesis Engineering?
Synthesis engineering is a professional discipline for human-AI collaboration on complex work. Not just better prompting — a systematic approach with princ...