Consulting Services
I build production systems: AI agents, code intelligence, cloud infrastructure, backend services, and developer tooling. 25+ open source projects, 35,000+ monthly downloads, 4 published research papers with DOIs.
Claude Code & Anthropic Platform
Specialization: Deep expertise in Claude Code extensibility, Anthropic API integration, and Claude-based agent orchestration. I build the infrastructure that makes Claude useful in production, not just in demos.
Services Offered
Claude Code Extensibility
- Custom subagent types with domain-specific tooling, permission sets, and behavioral constraints
- Skills development for workflow automation (release engineering, audits, code generation)
- PostToolUse / SessionStart hook systems for real-time monitoring and behavioral enforcement
- CLAUDE.md behavioral contracts for persistent project-level guidance
- Claude Code profile management and multi-backend routing
Claude API & Bedrock Integration
- Anthropic API integration into existing backends (direct API and AWS Bedrock)
- Structured JSON output schemas with multi-rule validation pipelines
- AI output validation: fuzzy matching, deduplication, schema enforcement, hallucination prevention
- Context-augmented generation with parallel web search and faceted content extraction
- Token optimization and cost management strategies
Claude Agent Orchestration
- Multi-agent coordination protocol design (parallel execution, conflict prevention)
- MCP (Model Context Protocol) server development
- Agent observability, analytics, and performance monitoring
- Multi-backend model routing (Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama/local models)
Team Adoption & Training
- Claude Code rollout strategy for engineering organizations
- Workshop facilitation on AI-assisted development workflows
- Agentic development methodology training
What I’ve Built
- knowing : Content-addressed code intelligence engine (94K LOC). 28 MCP tools, 8 resources, 23 extractors spanning 26 languages/formats. P@10=0.278 across 308 tasks, 16 repos, 8 languages (3.2x codegraph, 5.05x GitNexus, 5.35x Gortex, 12.1x Aider, 18.5x grep). 12 self-adapting retrieval mechanisms. Supply chain detection without executing code (1.0% FP rate). OpenTelemetry runtime trace ingestion. Community detection with Merkle roots. GCF wire format (84% fewer tokens than JSON, 47% tool call reduction). Published whitepaper with DOI
- polywave : Formally specified multi-agent coordination protocol (6 invariants, 48 execution rules, 7 participant roles). 4-5x measured speedup. knowing was built using polywave. Go SDK: 33 packages, 75+ CLI commands, 4 LLM backends, autonomous daemon mode. Listed on ComposioHQ/awesome-codex-skills (10.6K stars)
- polywave-web : Full-stack orchestration platform for parallel Claude agents. Go backend (40+ REST endpoints, real-time SSE streaming), React frontend (live wave dashboard, interactive dependency graphs), single binary deployment
- claudewatch : 32-tool MCP server for AI development observability. PostToolUse hooks, session analytics, CLAUDE.md effectiveness scoring, friction pattern classification
- mcp-assert : Deterministic MCP server testing. 28,000+ downloads across 6 distribution channels. 102 servers scanned, 34 upstream bugs found. Adopted as CI standard by Ant Group (antvis) and wyre-technology (25+ repos). Fix PRs merged into Grafana and LangChain
- agent-lsp : Stateful MCP server runtime over real language servers. 66 tools, 24 Agent Skills, speculative execution engine, 30 CI-verified languages. 5,500+ monthly downloads. Listed on official MCP Registry, Glama (A-tier), awesome-mcp-servers
- ai-cold-start-audit : UX audit methodology using Claude agents as surrogate new users in containerized sandboxes
- commitmux : Cross-repository semantic search engine with MCP server (Rust, sqlite-vec, FTS5)
- Led Claude Code adoption at Best Western as founding member of the Agentic Development Group, driving enterprise-wide rollout of AI-enhanced engineering workflows
Ideal For
- Teams adopting Claude Code for engineering workflows
- Companies integrating Claude API into existing products
- Organizations building MCP servers or Claude-based tooling
- Engineering leaders evaluating agentic development practices
AI & Agent Systems
Specialization: Production LLM systems, multi-agent architectures, and AI-assisted development infrastructure beyond Claude-specific work.
Services Offered
- Multi-agent workflow design with deterministic handoffs and data contracts
- RAG pipelines with source verification and grounding
- Prompt engineering with structured output parsing and validation
- AI-driven automation (release engineering, UX audits, code review)
- LLM output validation: Jaccard similarity, fuzzy matching, schema enforcement
- Agentic workflow composition (audit-fix-verify, release-publish patterns)
- Ecommerce backends (Shopify apps, payment integrations, subscription billing)
What I’ve Built
- FDA Compliance Guard : Production Shopify app with Rust semantic engine (9,967 disease-claim patterns, 8 NLP subsystems), validated against 17 FDA warning letters with 0.5% false positive rate. React/TypeScript frontend, PostgreSQL, three-tier subscription billing
- agentic-workflows : Composable multi-agent workflow system with data contract-based integration enabling deterministic handoffs between AI agents
Ideal For
- Startups building AI-powered products
- Teams needing reliable, validated AI output in production
- Companies automating workflows with agent-based systems
Cloud Infrastructure
Specialization: Cloud-native architecture across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Event-driven systems, serverless, data pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code.
Services Offered
- Event-driven architecture (SNS, SQS, EventBridge pipelines)
- Serverless systems (Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB)
- Data pipeline design (CDC, ETL, real-time streaming)
- Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK)
- Database architecture (DynamoDB single-table design, Redshift, PostgreSQL, Oracle)
- GCP service emulation and local development environments
- Legacy modernization to cloud-native patterns
- Cost optimization strategies
- Multi-cloud architecture (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Experience Highlights
- 5+ years of experience in revenue-critical backend systems serving millions of members across 120 countries
- Built real-time CDC pipeline replacing full-table-scan approach, processing in ~1.3 minutes regardless of dataset size
- GCP emulator ecosystem (Secret Manager, IAM, KMS, Eventarc) with 45K+ downloads and confirmed enterprise adoption by Flipt (4.8K stars), Reindeer AI, and sugar-org/swarm-external-secrets
- Designed serverless event-driven promotion system (Lambda, EventBridge, DynamoDB, Redis)
- AWS (Solutions Architect, Developer, AI Practitioner), Azure, Terraform, Oracle certified
Ideal For
- Teams migrating to cloud-native architectures
- Engineering leaders scaling distributed systems
- Companies needing hermetic CI/CD testing strategies
- Organizations improving system reliability and observability
Backend Engineering
Specialization: Production backend systems in Go, Python, and Java. REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and data pipelines at enterprise scale.
Services Offered
- REST API design and implementation (Go, Python, Java)
- Event-driven pipeline architecture
- Database design and optimization (SQL, NoSQL, data warehousing)
- Real-time data processing (CDC, streaming, caching)
- Production reliability (idempotency, circuit breakers, graceful degradation)
- Performance optimization and incident response
Experience Highlights
- Backend developer for global loyalty platform serving millions of members, core infrastructure consumed by nearly every engineering team in the company
- Architected Digital Wallet backend (5 currencies, payment gateway integration, distributed caching)
- Built serverless promotion rules engine with plugin-style extensibility
- Diagnosed and eliminated database connection exhaustion causing production outages (60% connection reduction)
- 4 published research papers with DOIs: code intelligence , memory management , and distributed systems convergence (2 papers)
CLI Tools & Developer Experience
Specialization: Production-quality CLI tools in Go and Rust. Interactive TUIs, multi-channel distribution, cross-platform deployment.
Services Offered
- CLI tool design and implementation (Go, Rust)
- Interactive TUI development (Bubble Tea)
- Multi-channel distribution engineering (Homebrew, npm, PyPI, Docker, Winget, Snap)
- MCP server development for AI tool integration
- Developer workflow automation
- Cross-platform deployment (single binary, go:embed, Wails)
What I’ve Built
- shelfctl : Feature-complete Go TUI with Bubble Tea, Homebrew distribution, shipped in 4 days
- brewprune : Homebrew package cleanup with FSEvents monitoring and confidence scoring
- goldenthread : Schema compiler generating TypeScript/Zod from Go struct tags
- vaultmux : Vendor-agnostic secret management across AWS, GCP, Azure, 1Password, Bitwarden
- domainstack : Full-stack validation ecosystem in Rust (9 crates on crates.io)
- 5 reusable Bubble Tea components : carousel, command palette, Miller columns, multiselect, picker
Engagement Models
Claude / AI Integration Sprint
Duration: 1-4 weeks Deliverable: MCP server, Claude Code skills/hooks, or LLM integration, scoped, built, and deployed
Architecture Review
Duration: 1-2 weeks Deliverable: Comprehensive architecture assessment with recommendations
Implementation Consulting
Duration: Ongoing (hourly or retainer) Deliverable: Hands-on architecture guidance, code review, and implementation
Team Workshops
Duration: Half-day or full-day sessions Topics: Claude Code adoption, AI-assisted development, distributed systems patterns
Contact
Ready to discuss your project?
- Email: dayna@blackwell-systems.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dayna-blackwell
- GitHub: @blackwell-systems
Response time: Within 24-48 hours for all inquiries.