Nicolay Gerold

Build Log

Things I've Built

A log of features, tools, and projects I've shipped that I'm proud of and can share.

  • Deep Mode

    with Hitesh

    Tuned prompts for GPT-5.2-Codex, built custom tools, made tool execution async, and added auto-compaction.

    Jan 2026

  • Handoff as a Tool

    Made handoff invokable by the agent. Added natural language detection so the agent can handoff when asked.

    Jan 2026

  • Efficient MCP Tool Loading

    Made skills carry MCP servers with lazy loading. Tools only load when the skill is called. Reduced chrome-devtools from 17k to 1.5k tokens.

    Jan 2026

  • User Invokable Skills

    Added skill invocation to the command palette. Users can now trigger skills directly instead of waiting for the agent to pick them.

    Jan 2026

  • Command Palette

    with Lewis

    Built the command palette UI and wired up commands. Replaced memorizing slash commands with searchable actions.

    Oct 2025

  • Handoff

    Built handoff to replace lossy compaction. Extracts relevant context for the next task and generates a focused prompt for the new thread.

    Oct 2025

  • Custom Slash Commands

    Built the slash command system for custom prompts. Supports static text, dynamic generation via scripts, and shebang notation.

    Aug 2025