Assistant helped inside the editor.
2026 January
Agent workflow stage
From editor helper to repo-operating agent.
How Claude Code and Agent Brain moved the Viggo Meesters workflow from editor help to repo-aware CLI agents, reusable context, and repeatable command loops.
Claude Code CLIAgent BrainRepo contextCommand loops
Assistant operated around the repo and shell with reusable context.
Anatomy
Input
Repo files, terminal commands, hand-written context, repeatable prompts.
Shift
The agent could inspect, edit, run, and report from a CLI loop.
Output
Reusable command patterns, repo-aware work sessions, and the first agent-facing brain/context layer.
Limit
Context was still fragile and too session-bound. Procedures existed, but not yet as a clean reusable skill system.
The obvious next step was connecting repo work to a broader markdown/vault operating system.
Stage interpretation
The workflow became more task-shaped: a repo-aware command-line agent could inspect files, make changes, and hold a longer implementation thread.
The system still depended heavily on session context and manual routing. Procedures and cross-project knowledge were not yet a clean reusable layer.
Page role: this page explains the shift from inline assistance to a repo-operating CLI workflow. It is not a full tool history; it captures the workflow capability that changed.