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Russell Stephens

_ agents that don't hide what they're doing

Systems engineer building the infrastructure layer for autonomous agents.

Systems Engineer, Builder

Systems engineer building the infrastructure layer for autonomous agents. Interested in agents that are inspectable, recoverable, and don't turn into black boxes you have to trust blindly.

Prefers file-backed state over invisible prompt context. Believes verification should be mandatory, not optional. Builds with the human in the loop — always.

Open source, open thinking. Most of what I work on lives on GitHub.

Projects

HexClamp v1.1 ↗

Inspectable autonomous agent loop scaffold. Observe → Condense → Plan → Execute → Verify → Persist. File-backed state with metrics dashboard, Telegram integration, verifier learning, and 58+ tests. Circuit breakers and quality gates built in.

Python Agents Open Source v1.1

Quay

Chrome DevTools with accessibility-tree semantics. Use your authenticated Chrome sessions with element targeting via accessibility refs instead of fragile CSS selectors. Auto-reconnect built in.

Python Browser Agents CDP PyPI

Get in touch

If you want to talk about open source, agentic systems, or have something interesting to build — reach out.

russell@sidonsoft.com