Session brief — Slack, expert agents & GLM

Session brief — 29 June 2026 Covers connecting Hermes to Slack, the design of the first expert-trained domain agent (neutrality studies, for Prof. Pascal Lottaz), switching the default model to GLM 5.2, wiring Claude Code to GLM via Coding Helper, and a still-open GLM authentication bug. Written to be re-read cold: each section states what was done, why, and what it means. Starting point Hermes was already running on the Hetzner VPS (91.99.141.162), reachable via Telegram, with the dashboard accessible over an SSH tunnel, voice transcription working, and the four-project MEMORY.md in place. Today’s goals: add Slack as a second front door, design the first expert-training agent, and move the default model to GLM 5.2 for cost. ...

June 29, 2026 · 8 min · 1527 words · Niall Griffin

Session brief — Deployment and domain connection

Session brief — 23 June 2026 Covers Phase 6 (making the site live via automated deployment) and Phase 7 (connecting the custom domain). Written to be re-read cold: each section states what was done, why, and what it means. Starting point The site existed as source files in a GitHub repository (niallgriffin90-ai/niallgriffin90-ai.github.io) but was not yet being served on the internet. The goal today was to make it build and publish automatically, then attach the real domain griffinai.dev. ...

June 23, 2026 · 8 min · 1696 words · Niall Griffin

Session brief — Site setup and first push

Session brief — 16 June 2026 Scope: installing the toolchain, scaffolding the Hugo site, configuring it, adding the legal pages and post template, and pushing the source to GitHub under a separate identity. Covers Phases 1–5 of the build. Hugo Extended Hugo is a static site generator. Posts are written as plain Markdown files; Hugo converts them into a complete website (HTML and CSS) that any browser can serve. Hugo ships in two editions, standard and extended. The extended edition processes SCSS/Sass stylesheets, which most themes — including PaperMod — require. The standard edition fails on those themes with an SCSS error. Extended was installed. ...

June 16, 2026 · 5 min · 911 words · Niall Griffin