Michael Pfister
@pfista.com
𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓼𝓾𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓻 • building apps @ dawnpatrol.llc • pfista.com
You shouldn’t have to ask an agent to help.
Like any good employee, it should solve the problem before you know there is one in the first place.
Like any good employee, it should solve the problem before you know there is one in the first place.
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
You shouldn’t have to ask an agent to help.
Like any good employee, it should solve the problem before you know there is one in the first place.
Like any good employee, it should solve the problem before you know there is one in the first place.
Proactive agent sees this message, automatically drafts a ticket, and then sends you a quick message:
"I just drafted a ticket for you based on your conversation. Want me to create it"?
All you have to do is say yes.
"I just drafted a ticket for you based on your conversation. Want me to create it"?
All you have to do is say yes.
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Proactive agent sees this message, automatically drafts a ticket, and then sends you a quick message:
"I just drafted a ticket for you based on your conversation. Want me to create it"?
All you have to do is say yes.
"I just drafted a ticket for you based on your conversation. Want me to create it"?
All you have to do is say yes.
Imagine you're in slack and your boss starts chatting about a bug they noticed.
They say, "Can you create a ticket?".
They say, "Can you create a ticket?".
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Imagine you're in slack and your boss starts chatting about a bug they noticed.
They say, "Can you create a ticket?".
They say, "Can you create a ticket?".
Proactive agents listen.
They comb through all your operational data, extract intent, draft work, request approval, and then finish the job.
Instead of having to ask AI what you want it to do all the time, now you only need to review and approve drafted work.
They comb through all your operational data, extract intent, draft work, request approval, and then finish the job.
Instead of having to ask AI what you want it to do all the time, now you only need to review and approve drafted work.
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Proactive agents listen.
They comb through all your operational data, extract intent, draft work, request approval, and then finish the job.
Instead of having to ask AI what you want it to do all the time, now you only need to review and approve drafted work.
They comb through all your operational data, extract intent, draft work, request approval, and then finish the job.
Instead of having to ask AI what you want it to do all the time, now you only need to review and approve drafted work.
"Hey, I noticed you have 3 unread emails that look important, can I give you a summary and then review some replies I drafted for you?"
AI becomes the initiator, just like "Her".
AI becomes the initiator, just like "Her".
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Hey, I noticed you have 3 unread emails that look important, can I give you a summary and then review some replies I drafted for you?"
AI becomes the initiator, just like "Her".
AI becomes the initiator, just like "Her".
With Proactive Agents.
First, give AI access to a firehose of data:
- Slack threads
- Github commits
- Jira Tickets
- Emails
- Calendar events
- Meeting transcripts
First, give AI access to a firehose of data:
- Slack threads
- Github commits
- Jira Tickets
- Emails
- Calendar events
- Meeting transcripts
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
With Proactive Agents.
First, give AI access to a firehose of data:
- Slack threads
- Github commits
- Jira Tickets
- Emails
- Calendar events
- Meeting transcripts
First, give AI access to a firehose of data:
- Slack threads
- Github commits
- Jira Tickets
- Emails
- Calendar events
- Meeting transcripts
Now our AI agents can connect to apps and control them, but we're still prompting the AI, repeating ourselves over and over.
So how do we kill prompting once and for all?
So how do we kill prompting once and for all?
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Now our AI agents can connect to apps and control them, but we're still prompting the AI, repeating ourselves over and over.
So how do we kill prompting once and for all?
So how do we kill prompting once and for all?
We needed to move from agents as information-gatherers to agents as action-takers.
So we created tool calling. MCP captivated us all.
So we created tool calling. MCP captivated us all.
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We needed to move from agents as information-gatherers to agents as action-takers.
So we created tool calling. MCP captivated us all.
So we created tool calling. MCP captivated us all.
So we connected LLMs to external data sources and gave them reasoning capabilities.
This unlocked deeper research, with accurate answers and timely information.
But how is that research useful if you aren't able to *do* anything with it?
This unlocked deeper research, with accurate answers and timely information.
But how is that research useful if you aren't able to *do* anything with it?
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So we connected LLMs to external data sources and gave them reasoning capabilities.
This unlocked deeper research, with accurate answers and timely information.
But how is that research useful if you aren't able to *do* anything with it?
This unlocked deeper research, with accurate answers and timely information.
But how is that research useful if you aren't able to *do* anything with it?
AI started isolated and offline. You asked, it answered based on it's internal world knowledge.
But this often led to outdated or inaccurate answers due to knowledge cutoff
But this often led to outdated or inaccurate answers due to knowledge cutoff
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
AI started isolated and offline. You asked, it answered based on it's internal world knowledge.
But this often led to outdated or inaccurate answers due to knowledge cutoff
But this often led to outdated or inaccurate answers due to knowledge cutoff
easiest way to mcp is with skeet.build
Skeet - Connect Apps to Cursor
Skeet - One Shot Coding Workflows
skeet.build
April 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
easiest way to mcp is with skeet.build
I happily pay for TablePlus, Medis, and Toggl.
I was using the free tier enough that the paywalls got annoying, so I converted :)
Definitely worth it!
I was using the free tier enough that the paywalls got annoying, so I converted :)
Definitely worth it!
March 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I happily pay for TablePlus, Medis, and Toggl.
I was using the free tier enough that the paywalls got annoying, so I converted :)
Definitely worth it!
I was using the free tier enough that the paywalls got annoying, so I converted :)
Definitely worth it!
Window management is key, rectangle is free and makes it easy
Most common shortcuts:
- Swap a window to another monitor
- Make a window full screen
- Move a window to left half or right half of screen
rectangleapp.com
Most common shortcuts:
- Swap a window to another monitor
- Make a window full screen
- Move a window to left half or right half of screen
rectangleapp.com
Rectangle
Move and resize windows in macOS using keyboard shortcuts or snap areas. The official page for Rectangle.
rectangleapp.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Window management is key, rectangle is free and makes it easy
Most common shortcuts:
- Swap a window to another monitor
- Make a window full screen
- Move a window to left half or right half of screen
rectangleapp.com
Most common shortcuts:
- Swap a window to another monitor
- Make a window full screen
- Move a window to left half or right half of screen
rectangleapp.com
I track my time meticulously to see where I'm spending it (and for consulting work too)
Toggl is great because it's really easy to turn timers on and off. There's a great raycast integration, and live activities on iOS too.
toggl.com
Toggl is great because it's really easy to turn timers on and off. There's a great raycast integration, and live activities on iOS too.
toggl.com
Toggl Track: Time Tracking Software for Any Workflow
The world's best time tracking software. Track employee time, send beautiful client reports, and calculate profitability. Free and paid plans to save you time.
toggl.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I track my time meticulously to see where I'm spending it (and for consulting work too)
Toggl is great because it's really easy to turn timers on and off. There's a great raycast integration, and live activities on iOS too.
toggl.com
Toggl is great because it's really easy to turn timers on and off. There's a great raycast integration, and live activities on iOS too.
toggl.com
Makes viewing and debugging your data in redis really easy. Works great for local data and hosted redis in prod too.
getmedis.com
getmedis.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Makes viewing and debugging your data in redis really easy. Works great for local data and hosted redis in prod too.
getmedis.com
getmedis.com
TablePlus is great for running SQL snippets and inspecting staging / production data quickly.
I prefer it over looking via supabase or querying directly
tableplus.com
I prefer it over looking via supabase or querying directly
tableplus.com
TablePlus | Modern, Native Tool for Database Management.
Modern, native client with intuitive GUI tools to create, access, query & edit multiple relational databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon Redshift, MariaDB, CockroachDB, Vertica, Cassandra, and Redis.
tableplus.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
TablePlus is great for running SQL snippets and inspecting staging / production data quickly.
I prefer it over looking via supabase or querying directly
tableplus.com
I prefer it over looking via supabase or querying directly
tableplus.com
The possibilities are endless.
MCP lays the foundation for extremely powerful agentic workflows, where all your software and data is accessible.
Experience this new future today with skeet.build
MCP lays the foundation for extremely powerful agentic workflows, where all your software and data is accessible.
Experience this new future today with skeet.build
Skeet - Connect Apps to Cursor
Skeet - One Shot Coding Workflows
skeet.build
March 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The possibilities are endless.
MCP lays the foundation for extremely powerful agentic workflows, where all your software and data is accessible.
Experience this new future today with skeet.build
MCP lays the foundation for extremely powerful agentic workflows, where all your software and data is accessible.
Experience this new future today with skeet.build
Suddenly ALL of the software you use is interconnected.
Apps talking to and controlling other apps.
- Google flights can check your calendar
- Cursor can fix production bugs from Sentry
- Customer feature requests are prioritized in Linear and sent to Slack
Apps talking to and controlling other apps.
- Google flights can check your calendar
- Cursor can fix production bugs from Sentry
- Customer feature requests are prioritized in Linear and sent to Slack
March 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Suddenly ALL of the software you use is interconnected.
Apps talking to and controlling other apps.
- Google flights can check your calendar
- Cursor can fix production bugs from Sentry
- Customer feature requests are prioritized in Linear and sent to Slack
Apps talking to and controlling other apps.
- Google flights can check your calendar
- Cursor can fix production bugs from Sentry
- Customer feature requests are prioritized in Linear and sent to Slack
This is why we’re building skeet.build—so AI can integrate seamlessly with the software that runs the world.
Skeet - Connect Apps to Cursor
Skeet - One Shot Coding Workflows
skeet.build
March 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is why we’re building skeet.build—so AI can integrate seamlessly with the software that runs the world.
The exciting thing about this shift is it means it is more important than ever to focus on user value.
If you're a builder, as long as your focused on solving burning customer problems, you will continue to win.
The solutions will definitely look different than they used to.
If you're a builder, as long as your focused on solving burning customer problems, you will continue to win.
The solutions will definitely look different than they used to.
March 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The exciting thing about this shift is it means it is more important than ever to focus on user value.
If you're a builder, as long as your focused on solving burning customer problems, you will continue to win.
The solutions will definitely look different than they used to.
If you're a builder, as long as your focused on solving burning customer problems, you will continue to win.
The solutions will definitely look different than they used to.