{"session":{"id":"sleet-zipper","working_directory":"/Users/root1","backend_type":"Windsurf","model":"swe-1-6-fast","agent_mode":"bypass","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:03+00:00","last_activity_at":"2026-07-04T21:14:43+00:00","title":"History of the Entire World I Guess","main_chain_id":39,"shell_last_seen_index":0,"cogs_json":[{"model":null,"source":{"Session":"User"},"context":[],"lifetime":{"Unique":"core/profile"},"permissions":[],"user_display":[],"footer_messages":[],"set_system_prefix":[{"role":"system","content":"You are Devin, an interactive command line agent from Cognition.\n\nYour job is to use these instructions and the tools available to you to help the user. It is important that you do so earnestly and helpfully, as you are very important to the success of Cognition. Best of luck! We love you. <3\n\nIf the user asks for help, you can check your documentation by invoking the Devin skill (if available). Otherwise, this information may be helpful:\n\n- /help: list commands\n- /bug: report a bug to the Devin CLI developers\n- for support, users can visit https://windsurf.com/support\n\nWhen creating new configuration for this tool — including skills, rules, MCP server configs, or any project settings:\n\n- Always use the `.devin/` directory for NEW configuration (e.g. `.devin/skills//SKILL.md`, `.devin/config.json`)\n- For global (user-level) configuration, use `~/.config/devin/`\n- Do NOT place new configuration in `.claude/`, `.cursor/`, or other tool-specific directories unless explicitly asked. These are only read for compatibility, not written to.\n- If the `devin-for-terminal` skill is available, ALWAYS invoke it and explore for detailed documentation on configuration format and options\n\nWhen reading or referencing existing skills, always use the actual source path reported by the skill tool — skills may live in `.devin/`, `.agents/`, or other directories.\n\n\n# Modes\n\nThe active mode is how the user would like you to act.\n\n- Normal (default, if not specified): Full autonomy to use all your tools freely. For example: exploring a codebase, writing or editing code, etc.\n- Plan: Explore the codebase, ask the user clarifying questions, and then create a plan for what you're going to do next. Do NOT make changes until you're out of this mode and the user has approved the plan.\n\nAdhere strictly to the constraints of the active mode to avoid frustrating the user!\n\n\n# Style\n\n## Professional Objectivity\n\nPrioritize technical accuracy and truthfulness over validating the user's beliefs. It is best for the user if you honestly apply the same rigorous standards to all ideas and disagree when necessary, even if it may not be what the user wants to hear. Objective guidance and respectful correction are more valuable than false agreement. Whenever there is uncertainty, it's best to investigate to find the truth first rather than instinctively confirming the user's beliefs.\n\n## Tone\n\n- Be concise, direct, and to the point. When running commands, briefly explain what you're doing and why so the user can follow along.\n- Remember that your output will be displayed in a command line interface. Your responses can use Github-flavored markdown for formatting, and will be rendered in a monospace font using the CommonMark specification.\n- Output text to communicate with the user; all text you output outside of tool use is displayed to the user. Only use tools to complete tasks. Never use tools like exec or code comments as means to communicate with the user during the session.\n- If you cannot or will not help the user with something, please do not say why or what it could lead to, since this comes across as preachy and annoying. Please offer helpful alternatives if possible, and otherwise keep your response to 1-2 sentences.\n- Only use emojis if the user explicitly requests it. Avoid using emojis in all communication unless asked.\n- If the user asks about timelines or estimated completion times for your work, do not give them concrete estimates as you are not able to accurately predict how long it will take you to achieve a task. Instead just say that you will do your best to complete the task as soon as possible.\n- Avoid guessing. You should verify the real state of the world with your tools before answering the user's questions.\n\n\nuser: What command should I run to watch files in the current directory and rebuild?\nassistant: [use the exec tool to run `ls` and list the files in the current directory, then read docs/commands in the relevant file to find out how to watch files]\nassistant: npm run dev\n\n\n\nuser: what files are in the directory src/?\nassistant: [runs ls and sees foo.c, bar.c, baz.c]\nassistant: foo.c, bar.c, baz.c\nuser: which file contains the implementation of Foo?\nassistant: [reads foo.c]\nassistant: src/foo.c contains `struct Foo`, which implements [...]\n\n\n\nuser: can you write tests for this feature\nassistant: [uses grep and glob search tools to find where similar tests are defined, uses concurrent read file tool use blocks in one tool call to read relevant files at the same time, uses edit file tool to write new tests]\n\n\n## Proactiveness\n\nYou are allowed to be proactive, but only when the user asks you to do something. You should strive to strike a balance between:\n\n1. Doing the right thing when asked, including taking actions and follow-up actions\n\n2. Not surprising the user with actions you take without asking\n\nFor example, if the user asks you how to approach something, you should do your best to explore and answer their question first, but not jump to implementation just yet.\n\n## Handling ambiguous requests\n\nWhen a user request is unclear:\n- First attempt to interpret the request using available context\n- Search the codebase for related code, patterns, or documentation that clarifies intent. Also consider searching the web.\n- If still uncertain after investigation, ask a focused clarifying question\n\n## File references\n\nWhen your output text references specific files or code snippets, use the `` and `` self-closing XML tags to create clickable citations. These tags allow the user to view the referenced code directly in the conversation.\n\nCitation format:\n- `` - Reference an entire file\n- `` - Reference specific lines in a file\n\n\nuser: Where are errors from the client handled?\nassistant: Clients are marked as failed in the `connectToServer` function. \n\n\n\nuser: Can you show me the config file?\nassistant: Here's the configuration file: \n\n\n## Tool usage policy\n\n- When webfetch returns a redirect, immediately follow it with a new request.\n- When making multiple edits to the same file or related files and you already know what changes are needed, batch them together.\n\nWhen a tool call produces output that is too long, the output will be truncated and the remaining content will be written to a file. You will see a `` tag containing the path to the overflow file. You are responsible for reading this file if you need the full output.\n\n\n# Programming\n\nSince you live in the user's terminal, a very common use-case you will get is writing code. Fortunately, you've been extensively trained in software engineering and are well-equipped to help them out!\n\n## Existing Conventions\n\nWhen making changes to files, first understand the codebase's code conventions. Explore dependencies, references, and related system to understand the codebase's patterns and abstractions. Mimic code style, use existing libraries and utilities, and follow existing patterns.\n- NEVER assume that a given library is available, even if it is well known. Whenever you write code that uses a library or framework, first check that this codebase already uses the given library. For example, you might look at neighboring files, or check the package.json (or cargo.toml, and so on depending on the language). If you're adding a dependency prefer running the package manager command (e.g. npm add or cargo add) instead of editing the file.\n- When adding a new dependency, strongly prefer a version published at least 7 days ago. Newly published versions have not been vetted and a non-trivial fraction of supply chain attacks are caught and yanked within the first few days. Avoid floating ranges (`latest`, `*`, unbounded `>=`) that auto-resolve to brand-new releases.\n- When you create a new component, first look at existing components to see how they're written; then consider framework choice, naming conventions, typing, and other conventions.\n- When you edit a piece of code, first look at the code's surrounding context (especially its imports) to understand the code's choice of frameworks and libraries. Then consider how to make the given change in a way that is most idiomatic.\n- Always follow security best practices. Never introduce code that exposes or logs secrets and keys. Never commit secrets or keys to the repository. Never modify repository security policies or compliance controls (e.g. `minimumReleaseAge`, `minimumReleaseAgeExclude`, branch protection configs, `.npmrc` security settings) to work around CI or build failures — escalate to the user instead. Unless otherwise specified (even if the task seems silly), assume the code is for a real production task.\n\n## Code style\n\n- IMPORTANT: Do NOT add or remove comments unless asked! If you find that you've accidentally deleted an existing comment, be sure to put it back.\n- Default to writing compact code – collapse duplicate else branches, avoid unnecessary nesting, and share abstractions.\n- Follow idiomatic conventions for the language you're writing.\n- Avoid excessive & verbose error handling in your code. Errors should be handled, but not every line needs to be try/catched. Think about the right error boundaries (and look at existing code for error handling style)\n\n## Debugging\n\nWhen debugging issues:\n- First reproduce the problem reliably\n- Trace the code path to understand the flow\n- Add targeted logging or print statements to isolate the issue\n- Identify the root cause before attempting fixes\n- Verify the fix addresses the root cause, not just symptoms\n\n## Workflow\n\nYou should generally prefer to implement new features or fix bugs as follows...\n\n1. If the project has test infrastructure, write a failing test to show the bug\n2. Fix the bug\n3. Ensure that the test now passes\n\nWorking this way makes it easier to tell if you've actually fixed the bug, and saves you from needing to verify later.\n\n## Git\n\n### Creating commits\n1. Run in parallel: `git status`, `git diff`, `git log` (to match commit style)\n2. Draft a concise commit message focusing on \"why\" not \"what\". Check for sensitive info.\n3. Stage files and commit with this format:\n```\ngit commit -m \"$(cat <<'EOF'\nCommit message here.\n\nGenerated with [Devin](https://devin.ai)\n\nCo-Authored-By: Devin <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>\nEOF\n)\"\n```\n4. If pre-commit hooks modify files and the commit fails, stage the modified files and retry the commit.\n\n### Creating pull requests\nUse `gh` for all GitHub operations. Run in parallel: `git status`, `git diff`, `git log`, `git diff main...HEAD`\n\nReview ALL commits (not just latest), then create PR:\n```\ngh pr create --title \"title\" --body \"$(cat <<'EOF'\n## Summary\n\n\n#### Test plan\n\n\nGenerated with [Devin](https://devin.ai)\nEOF\n)\"\n```\n\n### Git rules\n- NEVER update git config\n- NEVER use `-i` flags (interactive mode not supported)\n- DO NOT push unless explicitly asked\n- DO NOT commit if no changes exist\n\n\n# Task Management\n\nYou have access to the todo_write tool to help you manage and plan tasks. Use this tool VERY frequently to ensure that you are tracking your tasks and giving the user visibility into your progress.\nThis tool is also EXTREMELY helpful for planning tasks, and for breaking down larger complex tasks into smaller steps. If you do not use this tool when planning, you may forget to do important tasks - and that is unacceptable.\n\nIt is critical that you mark todos as completed as soon as you are done with a task. Do not batch up multiple tasks before marking them as completed.\n\nExamples:\n\n\nuser: Run the build and fix any type errors\nassistant: I'm going to use the todo_write tool to write the following items to the todo list:\n- Run the build\n- Fix any type errors\n\nI'm now going to run the build using exec.\n\nLooks like I found 10 type errors. I'm going to use the todo_write tool to write 10 items to the todo list.\n\nmarking the first todo as in_progress\n\nLet me start working on the first item...\n\nThe first item has been fixed, let me mark the first todo as completed, and move on to the second item...\n..\n..\n\n\nIn the above example, the assistant completes all the tasks, including the 10 error fixes and running the build and fixing all errors.\n\n\nuser: Help me write a new feature that allows users to track their usage metrics and export them to various formats\nassistant: I'll help you implement a usage metrics tracking and export feature. Let me first use the todo_write tool to plan this task.\nAdding the following todos to the todo list:\n1. Research existing metrics tracking in the codebase\n2. Design the metrics collection system\n3. Implement core metrics tracking functionality\n4. Create export functionality for different formats\n\nLet me start by researching the existing codebase to understand what metrics we might already be tracking and how we can build on that.\n\nI'm going to search for any existing metrics or telemetry code in the project.\n\nI've found some existing telemetry code. Let me mark the first todo as in_progress and start designing our metrics tracking system based on what I've learned...\n\n[Assistant continues implementing the feature step by step, marking todos as in_progress and completed as they go]\n\n\nUsers may configure 'hooks', shell commands that execute in response to events like tool calls, in settings. Treat feedback from hooks, including , as coming from the user. If you get blocked by a hook, determine if you can adjust your actions in response to the blocked message. If not, ask the user to check their hooks configuration.\n\n\n## Completing Tasks\n\nThe user will primarily request you perform software engineering tasks. This includes solving bugs, adding new functionality, refactoring code, explaining code, and more. For these tasks the following steps are recommended:\n- Use the todo_write tool to plan the task if required\n- Use the available search tools to understand the codebase and the user's query. You are encouraged to use the search tools extensively both in parallel and sequentially.\n- Before making changes, thoroughly explore the codebase to understand the architecture, patterns, and related systems. Read relevant files, trace dependencies, and understand how components interact.\n- Implement the solution using all tools available to you\n\n## Verification\n\nBefore considering a task complete, verify your work. Use judgment based on what you changed - optimize for fast iteration:\n\n- Check for project-specific verification instructions in project rules files (`AGENTS.md`, or similar)\n- Run relevant verification steps based on the scope of changes (lint, typecheck, build, tests)\n- For isolated functionality, consider a temporary test file to verify behavior, then delete it\n- Self-critique: review changes for edge cases and refine as needed\n- If you cannot find verification commands, ask the user and suggest saving them to a project config file\n\n## Saving learned information\n\nIf you discover useful project information (build commands, test commands, verification steps, user preferences, ...) that isn't already documented:\n- If a rules file exists (`AGENTS.md`, etc.), append to it\n- Otherwise, create `AGENTS.md` in the current directory with the learned information\n\n## Error recovery\n\nWhen encountering errors (failed commands, build failures, test failures):\n- Keep trying different approaches to resolve the issue\n- Search for similar issues in the codebase or documentation\n- Only ask the user for help as a last resort after exhausting reasonable options\n- Exception: Always ask the user for help with authentication issues, project configuration changes, or permission problems\n\n## System Guidance\nYou may receive `` messages containing hints, reminders, or contextual guidance before you take action. These notes are injected by the system to help you make better decisions. Pay attention to their content but do not acknowledge or respond to them directly—simply incorporate their guidance into your actions.\n\n\n\n# Tool Tips\n\n## Shell\nNEVER invoke `rg`, `grep`, or `find` as shell commands — use the provided search tools instead. They have been optimized for correct permissions and access.\n\n\n## File-related tools\n- read can read images (PNG, JPG, etc) - the contents are presented visually.\n- For Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb files), use notebook_read instead of read.\n- Speculatively read multiple files as a batch when potentially useful.\n- Do NOT create documentation files to describe your changes or plan. Exception: persistent project info files like `AGENTS.md` are allowed.\n\n\n# Safety\n\nIMPORTANT: Assist with defensive security tasks only. Refuse to create, modify, or improve code that may be used maliciously. Do not assist with credential discovery or harvesting, including bulk crawling for SSH keys, browser cookies, or cryptocurrency wallets. Allow security analysis, detection rules, vulnerability explanations, defensive tools, and security documentation.\n\nIMPORTANT: You must NEVER generate or guess URLs for the user unless you are confident that the URLs are for helping the user with programming. You may use URLs provided by the user in their messages or local files.\n\n## Destructive Operations\n\nNEVER perform irreversible destructive operations without explicit user confirmation for that specific action, even if you have permission to run the command. This includes:\n- Deleting or truncating database tables, dropping schemas, bulk-deleting rows\n- `rm -rf`, deleting directories, or removing files you did not just create\n- Force-pushing, rewriting git history, deleting branches, checking out over uncommitted changes, or bypassing commit hooks\n- Sending emails, making payments, or calling APIs with real-world side effects\n\nIf a destructive step is required, STOP and describe exactly what you are about to run and why, then wait for the user. Do not assume a previous approval extends to a new destructive operation. If you realize you have already caused data loss, say so immediately rather than attempting to hide or quietly repair it.\n\n\n\n## Available MCP Servers (for third-party tools)\n\n{\"servers\":[{\"name\":\"playwright\"},{\"name\":\"fff\",\"description\":\"FFF is a fast file finder with frecency-ranked results (frequent/recent files first, git-dirty files boosted).\\n\\n## Which Tool Should I Use?\\n\\n- **grep**: DEFAULT tool. Searches file CONTENTS -- definitions, usage, patterns. Use when you have a specific name or pattern.\\n- **find_files**: Explores which files/modules exist for a topic. Use when you DON'T have a specific identifier or LOOKING FOR A FILE.\\n- **multi_grep**: OR logic across multiple patterns. Use for case variants (e.g. ['PrepareUpload', 'prepare_upload']), or when you need to search 2+ different identifiers at once.\\n\\n## Core Rules\\n\\n### 1. Search BARE IDENTIFIERS only\\nGrep matches single lines. Search for ONE identifier per query:\\n + 'InProgressQuote' -> finds definition + all usages\\n + 'ActorAuth' -> finds enum, struct, all call sites\\n x 'load.*metadata.*InProgressQuote' -> regex spanning multiple tokens, 0 results\\n x 'ctx.data::' -> code syntax, too specific, 0 results\\n x 'struct ActorAuth' -> adding keywords narrows results, misses enums/traits/type aliases\\n x 'TODO.*#\\\\d+' -> complex regex, use simple 'TODO' then filter visually\\n\\n### 2. NEVER use regex unless you truly need alternation\\nPlain text search is faster and more reliable. Regex patterns like `.*`, `\\\\d+`, `\\\\s+` almost always return 0 results because they try to match complex patterns within single lines.\\nIf you need OR logic, use multi_grep with literal patterns instead of regex alternation.\\n\\n### 3. Stop searching after 2 greps -- READ the code\\nAfter 2 grep calls, you have enough file paths. Read the top result to understand the code.\\nDo NOT keep grepping with variations. More greps != better understanding.\\n\\n### 4. Use multi_grep for multiple identifiers\\nWhen you need to find different names (e.g. snake_case + PascalCase, or definition + usage patterns), use ONE multi_grep call instead of sequential greps:\\n + multi_grep(['ActorAuth', 'PopulatedActorAuth', 'actor_auth'])\\n x grep 'ActorAuth' -> grep 'PopulatedActorAuth' -> grep 'actor_auth' (3 calls wasted)\\n\\n## Workflow\\n\\n**Have a specific name?** -> grep the bare identifier.\\n**Need multiple name variants?** -> multi_grep with all variants in one call.\\n**Exploring a topic / finding files?** -> find_files.\\n**Got results?** -> Read the top file. 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It is important that you do so earnestly and helpfully, as you are very important to the success of Cognition. Best of luck! We love you. <3\n\nIf the user asks for help, you can check your documentation by invoking the Devin skill (if available). Otherwise, this information may be helpful:\n\n- /help: list commands\n- /bug: report a bug to the Devin CLI developers\n- for support, users can visit https://windsurf.com/support\n\nWhen creating new configuration for this tool — including skills, rules, MCP server configs, or any project settings:\n\n- Always use the `.devin/` directory for NEW configuration (e.g. `.devin/skills//SKILL.md`, `.devin/config.json`)\n- For global (user-level) configuration, use `~/.config/devin/`\n- Do NOT place new configuration in `.claude/`, `.cursor/`, or other tool-specific directories unless explicitly asked. These are only read for compatibility, not written to.\n- If the `devin-for-terminal` skill is available, ALWAYS invoke it and explore for detailed documentation on configuration format and options\n\nWhen reading or referencing existing skills, always use the actual source path reported by the skill tool — skills may live in `.devin/`, `.agents/`, or other directories.\n\n\n# Modes\n\nThe active mode is how the user would like you to act.\n\n- Normal (default, if not specified): Full autonomy to use all your tools freely. For example: exploring a codebase, writing or editing code, etc.\n- Plan: Explore the codebase, ask the user clarifying questions, and then create a plan for what you're going to do next. Do NOT make changes until you're out of this mode and the user has approved the plan.\n\nAdhere strictly to the constraints of the active mode to avoid frustrating the user!\n\n\n# Style\n\n## Professional Objectivity\n\nPrioritize technical accuracy and truthfulness over validating the user's beliefs. It is best for the user if you honestly apply the same rigorous standards to all ideas and disagree when necessary, even if it may not be what the user wants to hear. Objective guidance and respectful correction are more valuable than false agreement. Whenever there is uncertainty, it's best to investigate to find the truth first rather than instinctively confirming the user's beliefs.\n\n## Tone\n\n- Be concise, direct, and to the point. When running commands, briefly explain what you're doing and why so the user can follow along.\n- Remember that your output will be displayed in a command line interface. Your responses can use Github-flavored markdown for formatting, and will be rendered in a monospace font using the CommonMark specification.\n- Output text to communicate with the user; all text you output outside of tool use is displayed to the user. Only use tools to complete tasks. Never use tools like exec or code comments as means to communicate with the user during the session.\n- If you cannot or will not help the user with something, please do not say why or what it could lead to, since this comes across as preachy and annoying. Please offer helpful alternatives if possible, and otherwise keep your response to 1-2 sentences.\n- Only use emojis if the user explicitly requests it. Avoid using emojis in all communication unless asked.\n- If the user asks about timelines or estimated completion times for your work, do not give them concrete estimates as you are not able to accurately predict how long it will take you to achieve a task. Instead just say that you will do your best to complete the task as soon as possible.\n- Avoid guessing. You should verify the real state of the world with your tools before answering the user's questions.\n\n\nuser: What command should I run to watch files in the current directory and rebuild?\nassistant: [use the exec tool to run `ls` and list the files in the current directory, then read docs/commands in the relevant file to find out how to watch files]\nassistant: npm run dev\n\n\n\nuser: what files are in the directory src/?\nassistant: [runs ls and sees foo.c, bar.c, baz.c]\nassistant: foo.c, bar.c, baz.c\nuser: which file contains the implementation of Foo?\nassistant: [reads foo.c]\nassistant: src/foo.c contains `struct Foo`, which implements [...]\n\n\n\nuser: can you write tests for this feature\nassistant: [uses grep and glob search tools to find where similar tests are defined, uses concurrent read file tool use blocks in one tool call to read relevant files at the same time, uses edit file tool to write new tests]\n\n\n## Proactiveness\n\nYou are allowed to be proactive, but only when the user asks you to do something. You should strive to strike a balance between:\n\n1. Doing the right thing when asked, including taking actions and follow-up actions\n\n2. Not surprising the user with actions you take without asking\n\nFor example, if the user asks you how to approach something, you should do your best to explore and answer their question first, but not jump to implementation just yet.\n\n## Handling ambiguous requests\n\nWhen a user request is unclear:\n- First attempt to interpret the request using available context\n- Search the codebase for related code, patterns, or documentation that clarifies intent. Also consider searching the web.\n- If still uncertain after investigation, ask a focused clarifying question\n\n## File references\n\nWhen your output text references specific files or code snippets, use the `` and `` self-closing XML tags to create clickable citations. These tags allow the user to view the referenced code directly in the conversation.\n\nCitation format:\n- `` - Reference an entire file\n- `` - Reference specific lines in a file\n\n\nuser: Where are errors from the client handled?\nassistant: Clients are marked as failed in the `connectToServer` function. \n\n\n\nuser: Can you show me the config file?\nassistant: Here's the configuration file: \n\n\n## Tool usage policy\n\n- When webfetch returns a redirect, immediately follow it with a new request.\n- When making multiple edits to the same file or related files and you already know what changes are needed, batch them together.\n\nWhen a tool call produces output that is too long, the output will be truncated and the remaining content will be written to a file. You will see a `` tag containing the path to the overflow file. You are responsible for reading this file if you need the full output.\n\n\n# Programming\n\nSince you live in the user's terminal, a very common use-case you will get is writing code. Fortunately, you've been extensively trained in software engineering and are well-equipped to help them out!\n\n## Existing Conventions\n\nWhen making changes to files, first understand the codebase's code conventions. Explore dependencies, references, and related system to understand the codebase's patterns and abstractions. Mimic code style, use existing libraries and utilities, and follow existing patterns.\n- NEVER assume that a given library is available, even if it is well known. Whenever you write code that uses a library or framework, first check that this codebase already uses the given library. For example, you might look at neighboring files, or check the package.json (or cargo.toml, and so on depending on the language). If you're adding a dependency prefer running the package manager command (e.g. npm add or cargo add) instead of editing the file.\n- When adding a new dependency, strongly prefer a version published at least 7 days ago. Newly published versions have not been vetted and a non-trivial fraction of supply chain attacks are caught and yanked within the first few days. Avoid floating ranges (`latest`, `*`, unbounded `>=`) that auto-resolve to brand-new releases.\n- When you create a new component, first look at existing components to see how they're written; then consider framework choice, naming conventions, typing, and other conventions.\n- When you edit a piece of code, first look at the code's surrounding context (especially its imports) to understand the code's choice of frameworks and libraries. Then consider how to make the given change in a way that is most idiomatic.\n- Always follow security best practices. Never introduce code that exposes or logs secrets and keys. Never commit secrets or keys to the repository. Never modify repository security policies or compliance controls (e.g. `minimumReleaseAge`, `minimumReleaseAgeExclude`, branch protection configs, `.npmrc` security settings) to work around CI or build failures — escalate to the user instead. Unless otherwise specified (even if the task seems silly), assume the code is for a real production task.\n\n## Code style\n\n- IMPORTANT: Do NOT add or remove comments unless asked! If you find that you've accidentally deleted an existing comment, be sure to put it back.\n- Default to writing compact code – collapse duplicate else branches, avoid unnecessary nesting, and share abstractions.\n- Follow idiomatic conventions for the language you're writing.\n- Avoid excessive & verbose error handling in your code. Errors should be handled, but not every line needs to be try/catched. Think about the right error boundaries (and look at existing code for error handling style)\n\n## Debugging\n\nWhen debugging issues:\n- First reproduce the problem reliably\n- Trace the code path to understand the flow\n- Add targeted logging or print statements to isolate the issue\n- Identify the root cause before attempting fixes\n- Verify the fix addresses the root cause, not just symptoms\n\n## Workflow\n\nYou should generally prefer to implement new features or fix bugs as follows...\n\n1. If the project has test infrastructure, write a failing test to show the bug\n2. Fix the bug\n3. Ensure that the test now passes\n\nWorking this way makes it easier to tell if you've actually fixed the bug, and saves you from needing to verify later.\n\n## Git\n\n### Creating commits\n1. Run in parallel: `git status`, `git diff`, `git log` (to match commit style)\n2. Draft a concise commit message focusing on \"why\" not \"what\". Check for sensitive info.\n3. Stage files and commit with this format:\n```\ngit commit -m \"$(cat <<'EOF'\nCommit message here.\n\nGenerated with [Devin](https://devin.ai)\n\nCo-Authored-By: Devin <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>\nEOF\n)\"\n```\n4. If pre-commit hooks modify files and the commit fails, stage the modified files and retry the commit.\n\n### Creating pull requests\nUse `gh` for all GitHub operations. Run in parallel: `git status`, `git diff`, `git log`, `git diff main...HEAD`\n\nReview ALL commits (not just latest), then create PR:\n```\ngh pr create --title \"title\" --body \"$(cat <<'EOF'\n## Summary\n\n\n#### Test plan\n\n\nGenerated with [Devin](https://devin.ai)\nEOF\n)\"\n```\n\n### Git rules\n- NEVER update git config\n- NEVER use `-i` flags (interactive mode not supported)\n- DO NOT push unless explicitly asked\n- DO NOT commit if no changes exist\n\n\n# Task Management\n\nYou have access to the todo_write tool to help you manage and plan tasks. Use this tool VERY frequently to ensure that you are tracking your tasks and giving the user visibility into your progress.\nThis tool is also EXTREMELY helpful for planning tasks, and for breaking down larger complex tasks into smaller steps. If you do not use this tool when planning, you may forget to do important tasks - and that is unacceptable.\n\nIt is critical that you mark todos as completed as soon as you are done with a task. Do not batch up multiple tasks before marking them as completed.\n\nExamples:\n\n\nuser: Run the build and fix any type errors\nassistant: I'm going to use the todo_write tool to write the following items to the todo list:\n- Run the build\n- Fix any type errors\n\nI'm now going to run the build using exec.\n\nLooks like I found 10 type errors. I'm going to use the todo_write tool to write 10 items to the todo list.\n\nmarking the first todo as in_progress\n\nLet me start working on the first item...\n\nThe first item has been fixed, let me mark the first todo as completed, and move on to the second item...\n..\n..\n\n\nIn the above example, the assistant completes all the tasks, including the 10 error fixes and running the build and fixing all errors.\n\n\nuser: Help me write a new feature that allows users to track their usage metrics and export them to various formats\nassistant: I'll help you implement a usage metrics tracking and export feature. Let me first use the todo_write tool to plan this task.\nAdding the following todos to the todo list:\n1. Research existing metrics tracking in the codebase\n2. Design the metrics collection system\n3. Implement core metrics tracking functionality\n4. Create export functionality for different formats\n\nLet me start by researching the existing codebase to understand what metrics we might already be tracking and how we can build on that.\n\nI'm going to search for any existing metrics or telemetry code in the project.\n\nI've found some existing telemetry code. Let me mark the first todo as in_progress and start designing our metrics tracking system based on what I've learned...\n\n[Assistant continues implementing the feature step by step, marking todos as in_progress and completed as they go]\n\n\nUsers may configure 'hooks', shell commands that execute in response to events like tool calls, in settings. Treat feedback from hooks, including , as coming from the user. If you get blocked by a hook, determine if you can adjust your actions in response to the blocked message. If not, ask the user to check their hooks configuration.\n\n\n## Completing Tasks\n\nThe user will primarily request you perform software engineering tasks. This includes solving bugs, adding new functionality, refactoring code, explaining code, and more. For these tasks the following steps are recommended:\n- Use the todo_write tool to plan the task if required\n- Use the available search tools to understand the codebase and the user's query. You are encouraged to use the search tools extensively both in parallel and sequentially.\n- Before making changes, thoroughly explore the codebase to understand the architecture, patterns, and related systems. Read relevant files, trace dependencies, and understand how components interact.\n- Implement the solution using all tools available to you\n\n## Verification\n\nBefore considering a task complete, verify your work. Use judgment based on what you changed - optimize for fast iteration:\n\n- Check for project-specific verification instructions in project rules files (`AGENTS.md`, or similar)\n- Run relevant verification steps based on the scope of changes (lint, typecheck, build, tests)\n- For isolated functionality, consider a temporary test file to verify behavior, then delete it\n- Self-critique: review changes for edge cases and refine as needed\n- If you cannot find verification commands, ask the user and suggest saving them to a project config file\n\n## Saving learned information\n\nIf you discover useful project information (build commands, test commands, verification steps, user preferences, ...) that isn't already documented:\n- If a rules file exists (`AGENTS.md`, etc.), append to it\n- Otherwise, create `AGENTS.md` in the current directory with the learned information\n\n## Error recovery\n\nWhen encountering errors (failed commands, build failures, test failures):\n- Keep trying different approaches to resolve the issue\n- Search for similar issues in the codebase or documentation\n- Only ask the user for help as a last resort after exhausting reasonable options\n- Exception: Always ask the user for help with authentication issues, project configuration changes, or permission problems\n\n## System Guidance\nYou may receive `` messages containing hints, reminders, or contextual guidance before you take action. These notes are injected by the system to help you make better decisions. Pay attention to their content but do not acknowledge or respond to them directly—simply incorporate their guidance into your actions.\n\n\n\n# Tool Tips\n\n## Shell\nNEVER invoke `rg`, `grep`, or `find` as shell commands — use the provided search tools instead. They have been optimized for correct permissions and access.\n\n\n## File-related tools\n- read can read images (PNG, JPG, etc) - the contents are presented visually.\n- For Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb files), use notebook_read instead of read.\n- Speculatively read multiple files as a batch when potentially useful.\n- Do NOT create documentation files to describe your changes or plan. Exception: persistent project info files like `AGENTS.md` are allowed.\n\n\n# Safety\n\nIMPORTANT: Assist with defensive security tasks only. Refuse to create, modify, or improve code that may be used maliciously. Do not assist with credential discovery or harvesting, including bulk crawling for SSH keys, browser cookies, or cryptocurrency wallets. Allow security analysis, detection rules, vulnerability explanations, defensive tools, and security documentation.\n\nIMPORTANT: You must NEVER generate or guess URLs for the user unless you are confident that the URLs are for helping the user with programming. You may use URLs provided by the user in their messages or local files.\n\n## Destructive Operations\n\nNEVER perform irreversible destructive operations without explicit user confirmation for that specific action, even if you have permission to run the command. This includes:\n- Deleting or truncating database tables, dropping schemas, bulk-deleting rows\n- `rm -rf`, deleting directories, or removing files you did not just create\n- Force-pushing, rewriting git history, deleting branches, checking out over uncommitted changes, or bypassing commit hooks\n- Sending emails, making payments, or calling APIs with real-world side effects\n\nIf a destructive step is required, STOP and describe exactly what you are about to run and why, then wait for the user. Do not assume a previous approval extends to a new destructive operation. If you realize you have already caused data loss, say so immediately rather than attempting to hide or quietly repair it.\n\n\n\n## Available MCP Servers (for third-party tools)\n\n{\"servers\":[{\"name\":\"playwright\"},{\"name\":\"fff\",\"description\":\"FFF is a fast file finder with frecency-ranked results (frequent/recent files first, git-dirty files boosted).\\n\\n## Which Tool Should I Use?\\n\\n- **grep**: DEFAULT tool. Searches file CONTENTS -- definitions, usage, patterns. Use when you have a specific name or pattern.\\n- **find_files**: Explores which files/modules exist for a topic. Use when you DON'T have a specific identifier or LOOKING FOR A FILE.\\n- **multi_grep**: OR logic across multiple patterns. Use for case variants (e.g. ['PrepareUpload', 'prepare_upload']), or when you need to search 2+ different identifiers at once.\\n\\n## Core Rules\\n\\n### 1. Search BARE IDENTIFIERS only\\nGrep matches single lines. Search for ONE identifier per query:\\n + 'InProgressQuote' -> finds definition + all usages\\n + 'ActorAuth' -> finds enum, struct, all call sites\\n x 'load.*metadata.*InProgressQuote' -> regex spanning multiple tokens, 0 results\\n x 'ctx.data::' -> code syntax, too specific, 0 results\\n x 'struct ActorAuth' -> adding keywords narrows results, misses enums/traits/type aliases\\n x 'TODO.*#\\\\d+' -> complex regex, use simple 'TODO' then filter visually\\n\\n### 2. NEVER use regex unless you truly need alternation\\nPlain text search is faster and more reliable. Regex patterns like `.*`, `\\\\d+`, `\\\\s+` almost always return 0 results because they try to match complex patterns within single lines.\\nIf you need OR logic, use multi_grep with literal patterns instead of regex alternation.\\n\\n### 3. Stop searching after 2 greps -- READ the code\\nAfter 2 grep calls, you have enough file paths. Read the top result to understand the code.\\nDo NOT keep grepping with variations. More greps != better understanding.\\n\\n### 4. Use multi_grep for multiple identifiers\\nWhen you need to find different names (e.g. snake_case + PascalCase, or definition + usage patterns), use ONE multi_grep call instead of sequential greps:\\n + multi_grep(['ActorAuth', 'PopulatedActorAuth', 'actor_auth'])\\n x grep 'ActorAuth' -> grep 'PopulatedActorAuth' -> grep 'actor_auth' (3 calls wasted)\\n\\n## Workflow\\n\\n**Have a specific name?** -> grep the bare identifier.\\n**Need multiple name variants?** -> multi_grep with all variants in one call.\\n**Exploring a topic / finding files?** -> find_files.\\n**Got results?** -> Read the top file. Don't grep again.\\n\\n## Constraint Syntax\\n\\nFor grep: constraints go INLINE, prepended before the search text.\\nFor multi_grep: constraints go in the separate 'constraints' parameter.\\n\\nConstraints MUST match one of these formats:\\n Extension: '*.rs', '*.{ts,tsx}'\\n Directory: 'src/', 'quotes/'\\n Filename: 'schema.rs', 'src/main.rs'\\n Exclude: '!test/', '!*.spec.ts'\\n\\n! Bare words without extensions are NOT constraints. 'quote TODO' does NOT filter to quote files -- it searches for 'quote TODO' as text.\\n + 'schema.rs TODO' -> searches for 'TODO' in files schema.rs\\n + 'quotes/ TODO' -> searches for 'TODO' in the quotes/ directory\\n x 'quote TODO' -> searches for literal text 'quote TODO', finds nothing\\n\\nPrefer broad constraints:\\n + '*.rs query' -> file type\\n + 'quotes/ query' -> top-level dir\\n x 'quotes/storage/db/ query' -> too specific, misses results\\n\\n## Output Format\\n\\ngrep results auto-expand definitions with body context (struct fields, function signatures).\\nThis often provides enough information WITHOUT a follow-up Read call.\\nLines marked with | are definition body context. [def] marks definition files.\\n-> Read suggestions point to the most relevant file -- follow them when you need more context.\\n\\n## Default Exclusions\\n\\nIf results are cluttered with irrelevant files, exclude them:\\n !tests/ - exclude tests directory\\n !*.spec.ts - exclude test files\\n !generated/ - exclude generated code\"}]}\n\nIMPORTANT: You MUST call `mcp_list_tools` for a server before calling `mcp_call_tool` on it. This is required to discover the available tools and their correct input schemas. Never guess tool names or arguments — always list tools first.\n","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:02.669355Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"dbeb309d-a4d0-4115-b31c-7415fded14ea","node_id":19,"role":"system","content":"Available subagent profiles for the `run_subagent` tool. Choose the most appropriate profile based on whether the task requires write access:\n- `subagent_explore`: Read-only subagent for codebase exploration, research, and search. Use this when you need to find code, understand architecture, trace dependencies, or answer questions about the codebase. This profile has read-only access (grep, glob, read, web_search) and cannot edit files.\n- `subagent_general`: General-purpose subagent with full tool access (read, write, edit, exec). Use this when the subagent needs to make code changes, run commands with side effects, or perform any task that requires write access. In the foreground it can prompt for tool approval; in the background, unapproved tools are auto-denied.","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:02.669909Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"89ae30ba-0b64-49f0-9d57-3286cb2aff47","node_id":20,"role":"system","content":"## Parallel tool calls\n\n- You have the capability to call multiple tools in a single response--when multiple independent pieces of information are requested, batch your tool calls together for optimal performance.\n- For example, if you need to run `git status` and `git diff`, return an array of all the arguments of the 2 read-only tool calls to run the calls in parallel.\n- Always run parallel tool calls extensively when doing independent actions, especially when reading files, analyzing directories, searching on the web, grepping and searching across the codebase.\n- Never perform dependent terminal commands or writes in parallel.","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:02.669900Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"c7e53933-7fd4-4b99-aa99-9a8167ee296c","node_id":21,"role":"system","content":"You are powered by SWE-1.6 Fast.","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:02.669886Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"1688bf79-f0a8-412a-82f1-90b29926f37f","node_id":22,"role":"system","content":"\nThe following information is automatically generated context about your current environment.\nCurrent workspace directories:\n /Users/root1 (cwd)\n\nPlatform: macos\nOS Version: Darwin 25.6.0\nToday's date: Friday, 2026-07-03\n\n","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:01.962218Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"99eb8d53-04df-4f90-94c4-c209858e5f17","node_id":23,"role":"system","content":"\n\n# Agent Preferences\n\n- If I ever paste in a YouTube link, use yt-dlp to summarize the video.\n- get the autogenerrated captions to do this\n- for testing that involves urls, start with example.com rather than about:blank\n- For tasks that may benefit from computer use (controlling macOS apps, windows, clicking, typing, etc.), use the background-computer-use skill to control local macOS apps through the BackgroundComputerUse API\n- Secrets/tokens live in `~/.env` (e.g. `HF_TOKEN` for Hugging Face). Source it before use: `set -a; . ~/.env; set +a`\n\n## File search via fff MCP\n\nFor any file search or grep in the current git-indexed project directory, prefer the **fff** MCP tools\n(`mcp__fff__grep`, `mcp__fff__find_files`, `mcp__fff__multi_grep`) over the built-in grep/glob tools.\nfff is frecency-ranked, git-aware, and more token-efficient.\n\nRules the fff server enforces (follow them to avoid 0-result queries):\n- Search BARE IDENTIFIERS only — one identifier per `grep` query. No `load.*metadata.*Foo` style regex.\n- Don't use regex unless you truly need alternation; `.*`, `\\d+`, `\\s+` almost always return 0 results.\n- After 2 grep calls, stop and READ the top result instead of grepping with more variations.\n- Use `multi_grep` for OR logic across multiple identifiers (e.g. snake_case + PascalCase variants) in one call.\n- Have a specific name → `grep`. Exploring a topic / finding files → `find_files`.\n\nThe `fff-mcp` binary lives at `/Users/root1/.local/bin/fff-mcp` and is registered at user scope\nin `~/.config/devin/config.json`. It refuses to run in `$HOME` or `/` — it must be launched from a\nproject directory (Devin does this automatically based on cwd). Update with:\n`curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dmtrKovalenko/fff.nvim/main/install-mcp.sh | bash`\n\n## X/Twitter scraping via logged-in browser session\n\nWhen I need to scrape X/Twitter data (following, followers, tweets, user info, etc.),\nthe cleanest path is to use the **Playwright MCP** browser session with my own logged-in\nx.com account, rather than spinning up twscrape's account-pool flow. twscrape needs the\n`auth_token` HttpOnly cookie which JS cannot read from `document.cookie`; the browser\nsession attaches all cookies automatically.\n\n### Flow\n1. `mcp_list_tools` on the `playwright` server, then `browser_navigate` to `https://x.com`.\n2. If not logged in, ask me to log in manually in the opened window (don't handle my password).\n3. Once on `https://x.com/home`, read `ct0` from `document.cookie`:\n `document.cookie.match(/ct0=([^;]+)/)[1]`\n4. Call X's GraphQL endpoints directly via `fetch()` inside `browser_evaluate`. Required headers:\n - `authorization: Bearer AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANRILgAAAAAAnNwIzUejRCOuH5E6I8xnZz4puTs%3D1Zv7ttfk8LF81IUq16cHjhLTvJu4FA33AGWWjCpTnA` (the public web-app bearer token)\n - `x-csrf-token: `\n - `x-twitter-auth-type: OAuth2Session`\n - `x-twitter-active-user: yes`\n - `content-type: application/json`\n5. Paginate timelines by reading `content.cursorType === \"Bottom\"` entries and passing\n the value back as `variables.cursor` until it stops changing.\n\n### Key endpoints (queryId/OperationName)\n- `UserByScreenName` → `681MIj51w00Aj6dY0GXnHw` (resolve @handle → numeric rest_id)\n- `Following` → `OLm4oHZBfqWx8jbcEhWoFw`\n- `Followers` → `9jsVJ9l2uXUIKslHvJqIhw`\n- `UserTweets` → `RyDU3I9VJtPF-Pnl6vrRlw`\n- `SearchTimeline` → `yIphfmxUO-hddQHKIOk9tA`\n- `TweetDetail` → `meGUdoK_ryVZ0daBK-HJ2g`\nURL pattern: `https://x.com/i/api/graphql//?variables=&features=`\n\n### Response schema notes (current X web build)\n- User objects now put `screen_name` / `name` under `core`, NOT `legacy.screen_name`.\n twscrape's parser still reads `legacy.screen_name` and returns empty — needs updating.\n- The user `id` field is base64-encoded like `VXNlcjoxNDYwMjgzOTI1` (= `User:1460283925`).\n Decode with `atob(u.id).split(':')[1]` to get the numeric rest_id. `u.rest_id` may also\n be present directly.\n- `is_blue_verified` is the verified flag. `legacy.followers_count`, `legacy.description`\n still exist under `legacy`.\n- Filter timeline entries by `content.entryType === \"TimelineTimelineItem\"` and skip\n `cursor-`, `messageprompt-`, `module-`, `who-to-follow-` entryIds.\n\n### Features dict\nUse the full `GQL_FEATURES` block from twscrape's `api.py` — without it X returns\n`(336) The following features cannot be null`. Pass it URL-encoded as the `features` param.\n\n### Where things live\n- Output CSV: `~/Downloads/utilities/sdand_following.csv` (1613 rows: #, id, screen_name, name, verified, followers, bio)\n- Output JSON: `~/Downloads/utilities/sdand_following_final.json` (double-encoded JSON string; parse with `json.loads(json.loads(raw))`)\n- twscrape repo was cloned to `~/Downloads/utilities/twscrape/` for reference, then deleted after the flow was reverse-engineered. Re-clone from https://github.com/vladkens/twscrape.git if needed.\n\n## Fast Whisper transcription on Modal (A10G)\n\nFor transcribing long-form audio/video (interviews, podcasts, X/Twitter videos), use the\nutility at `~/Downloads/utilities/whisper_x/whisper_transcribe.py`. It does the full\npipeline: URL → yt-dlp download → ffmpeg audio extract → Modal volume upload →\nfaster-whisper on A10G → JSON + TXT output. Validated at **2.3 min wall clock for 65 min\nof audio** (no caching at any layer).\n\n### Usage\nShell alias (defined in `~/.zshrc`): `whisper`\n```bash\n# Transcribe an X/Twitter video (picks first playlist item)\nwhisper \"https://x.com/.../status/123\"\n\n# Pick a specific playlist item, use a smaller model\nwhisper \"https://x.com/...\" --playlist-item 2 --model-size medium\n\n# Transcribe a local audio file\nwhisper /path/to/audio.mp3 --name my-podcast\n\n# Custom output dir + keep downloaded source\nwhisper \"https://...\" --outdir ./transcripts --keep-source\n```\nTranscript text goes to stdout (pipe with `| pbcopy`); structured JSON + readable TXT\nsaved to `/.json` and `/.txt`.\n\n### Key optimizations (vs naive T4 run that took 11.7 min)\n- **A10G GPU** (~8x fp16 throughput vs T4; Modal ~$0.60/hr vs ~$0.16/hr — pennies for short jobs)\n- **`BatchedInferencePipeline`** with `batch_size=16` — batches encoder/decoder across chunks (2-4x)\n- **`beam_size=1`** (greedy) — ~2x faster, negligible WER increase for conversational speech\n- **`vad_filter=True`** — skips silence segments\n- **`compute_type=\"float16\"`** — halves memory bandwidth\n- **No caching**: `force_build=True` on apt/pip steps + unique `download_root` per run forces\n fresh image rebuild + fresh HF model download every time\n\n### Pinned versions (must match)\n- `faster-whisper==1.1.1` (provides `BatchedInferencePipeline`)\n- `ctranslate2==4.8.0`\n- Base image: `nvidia/cuda:12.6.3-cudnn-runtime-ubuntu22.04` (provides `libcublas.so.12`;\n `debian_slim` fails with `RuntimeError: Library libcublas.so.12 is not found`)\n\n### Audio prep (done automatically by the utility)\n```bash\nffmpeg -y -i input.mp4 -vn -ac 1 -ar 16000 -c:a aac -b:a 64k audio.m4a\n```\nMono 16kHz 64kbps AAC — a 65-min video (151 MB stream) becomes ~35 MB audio.\n\n### X/Twitter download notes\n- Tweet URLs can contain **playlists** (multiple videos). Use `--playlist-item N` to pick one.\n- Always use `-f bestaudio/best` to avoid downloading multi-GB high-bitrate video streams.\n- A 65-min interview's video variant can be 2.8+ GB; audio-only is ~63 MB (128 kbps).\n\n### Where things live\n- Utility: `~/Downloads/utilities/whisper_x/whisper_transcribe.py`\n- Strategy doc: `~/Downloads/utilities/whisper_x/STRATEGY.md` (full optimization breakdown)\n- Modal app (standalone): `~/Downloads/utilities/whisper_x/transcribe_fast.py`\n- Modal volume: `whisper-audio` (created automatically; holds uploaded audio files)\n- Modal profile: `aidenhuang-personal` (workspace with GPU access)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:02.670259Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"c6b55a3b-464d-420d-923c-2bee81075e2c","node_id":24,"role":"user","content":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEf-MNsyUiE&time_continue=0&source_ve_path=MjE0Mjgz&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:03.075862Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"765aeda0-ec6e-4bae-864c-f016502f1d8b","node_id":25,"role":"system","content":"\nThe following skills can be invoked using the `skill` tool. When a built-in skill clearly matches the user's request, invoke it immediately at the start of the session.\n\n- **background-computer-use**: Launch and use the local BackgroundComputerUse macOS runtime through its self-documenting loopback API. Use when Codex needs to control local macOS apps or windows, inspect screenshots and Accessibility state, click/type/scroll/press keys, use the visible cursor, or help install/start the BackgroundComputerUse API from a skill. (source: /Users/root1/.devin/skills/background-computer-use/SKILL.md)\n- **devin-for-terminal**: Look up Devin CLI documentation (skills, extensibility, configuration, commands, models, troubleshooting) (source: /Users/root1/.local/share/devin/cli/_versions/2026.8.18/share/devin/docs)\n- **declarative-repo-setup**: Generate and verify a working environment.yaml (Devin snapshot-setup blueprint) for a repo (source: builtin:drs)\n","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:03.076826Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"9b812469-e0db-4ebe-a210-b0a1e4938e19","node_id":27,"role":"assistant","content":"I'll use yt-dlp to get the auto-generated captions from that YouTube video and summarize them for you.","tool_calls":[{"id":"0e3f57022","name":"exec","arguments":{"command":"set -a; . ~/.env; set +a"}}],"thinking":"The user has provided a YouTube link. According to my rules in AGENTS.md:\n- \"If I ever paste in a YouTube link, use yt-dlp to summarize the video.\"\n- \"get the autogenerrated captions to do this\"\n\nSo I should use yt-dlp to download the video's auto-generated captions and summarize them for the user.\n\nLet me do this step by step:\n1. First, I'll use yt-dlp to get the auto-generated captions\n2. Then summarize the content\n\nI should source the .env file first as per the rules, though I don't think I need any specific tokens for yt-dlp.","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:04.401611Z","finish_reason":"tool_calls","metrics":{"ttft_ms":872,"total_time_ms":1284,"input_tokens":3965,"output_tokens":174,"cache_read_tokens":12160,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":2.367816091954023,"tokens_per_sec":422.33009708737865}},{"message_id":"2731ceb8-1d2c-4c13-8f0d-f638f964c383","node_id":28,"role":"tool","content":"Output from command in shell ed88b7:\n\n\nExit code: 0","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:04.436913Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"5690e946-ecdf-4a3a-ace8-6cdf997882bb","node_id":30,"role":"assistant","content":"","tool_calls":[{"id":"7bf710c51","name":"exec","arguments":{"command":"yt-dlp --write-auto-sub --sub-lang en --skip-download --sub-format srt \"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEf-MNsyUiE\""}}],"thinking":"Good, .env is sourced. Now I'll use yt-dlp to download the auto-generated captions. I need to:\n1. Get the auto-generated captions in English\n2. Extract and summarize them\n\nLet me use yt-dlp with the --write-auto-sub option to get auto-generated captions.","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:05.696596Z","finish_reason":"tool_calls","metrics":{"ttft_ms":995,"total_time_ms":1258,"input_tokens":318,"output_tokens":106,"cache_read_tokens":16000,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":2.481132075471698,"tokens_per_sec":403.04182509505705}},{"message_id":"e5141cae-4183-4a1a-ba04-db9e25e02445","node_id":31,"role":"tool","content":"Output from command in shell 35261e:\nWARNING: Your yt-dlp version (2025.12.08) is older than 90 days!\n It is strongly recommended to always use the latest version.\n You installed yt-dlp with pip or using the wheel from PyPi; Use that to update.\n To suppress this warning, add --no-update to your command/config.\n[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEf-MNsyUiE\n[youtube] iEf-MNsyUiE: Downloading webpage\n[youtube] iEf-MNsyUiE: Downloading tv client config\n[youtube] iEf-MNsyUiE: Downloading player 4918c89a-main\n[youtube] iEf-MNsyUiE: Downloading tv player API JSON\n[youtube] iEf-MNsyUiE: Downloading android sdkless player API JSON\n[youtube] [jsc:deno] Solving JS challenges using deno\nWARNING: [youtube] [jsc] Remote components challenge solver script (deno) and NPM package (deno) were skipped. These may be required to solve JS challenges. You can enable these downloads with --remote-components ejs:github (recommended) or --remote-components ejs:npm , respectively. For more information and alternatives, refer to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS\nWARNING: [youtube] iEf-MNsyUiE: n challenge solving failed: Some formats may be missing. Ensure you have a supported JavaScript runtime and challenge solver script distribution installed. Review any warnings presented before this message. For more details, refer to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS\n[info] iEf-MNsyUiE: Downloading subtitles: en\n[info] iEf-MNsyUiE: Downloading 1 format(s): 139-20\n[info] Writing video subtitles to: Naomi Klein： AI is a fascist idea [iEf-MNsyUiE].en.srt\n[download] Destination: Naomi Klein： AI is a fascist idea [iEf-MNsyUiE].en.srt\n\r[download] 1.00KiB at Unknown B/s (00:00:00)\r[download] 3.00KiB at 1.55MiB/s (00:00:00)\r[download] 7.00KiB at 1.24MiB/s (00:00:00)\r[download] 15.00KiB at 1.51MiB/s (00:00:00)\r[download] 17.65KiB at 1.57MiB/s (00:00:00)\r[download] 100% of 17.65KiB in 00:00:00 at 61.69KiB/s\n\n\nExit code: 0","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:09.195630Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"9d813543-894d-4828-b49e-c00aa079939f","node_id":33,"role":"assistant","content":"","tool_calls":[{"id":"fd20b775b","name":"read","arguments":{"file_path":"/Users/root1/Naomi Klein： AI is a fascist idea [iEf-MNsyUiE].en.srt"}}],"thinking":"Great! I successfully downloaded the auto-generated captions. The file is named \"Naomi Klein： AI is a fascist idea [iEf-MNsyUiE].en.srt\". Now I need to read this file and summarize it for the user.","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:10.940613Z","finish_reason":"tool_calls","metrics":{"ttft_ms":1595,"total_time_ms":1744,"input_tokens":809,"output_tokens":87,"cache_read_tokens":16256,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":1.7126436781609196,"tokens_per_sec":583.8926174496645}},{"message_id":"3d2aa3dd-9830-4d78-9f8f-fafdae36c074","node_id":34,"role":"tool","content":"\n 1|1\n 2|00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,200\n 3|the promise of generative AI is that it\n 4|\n 5|2\n 6|00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:06,240\n 7|can think for us, right? And that is a\n 8|\n 9|3\n 10|00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:08,120\n 11|truly fascist idea, the idea of\n 12|\n 13|4\n 14|00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:10,400\n 15|outsourcing thinking.\n 16|\n 17|5\n 18|00:00:08,120 --> 00:00:12,720\n 19|And so our power is is in our ability to\n 20|\n 21|6\n 22|00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:15,480\n 23|think with each other, to generate\n 24|\n 25|7\n 26|00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,880\n 27|genuinely new ideas. If they get what\n 28|\n 29|8\n 30|00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:20,000\n 31|they want, like if they summon their\n 32|\n 33|9\n 34|00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:23,560\n 35|digital god and get it AGI, it kills all\n 36|\n 37|10\n 38|00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,400\n 39|the jobs, right? And what do we do then?\n 40|\n 41|11\n 42|00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:25,440\n 43|>> what do we do then? I feel like we never\n 44|\n 45|12\n 46|00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,840\n 47|talk about that. What do we\n 48|\n 49|13\n 50|00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:31,240\n 51|>> And in the meantime, all it's doing is\n 52|\n 53|14\n 54|00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:33,440\n 55|producing glitchy slop. And it's making\n 56|\n 57|15\n 58|00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:35,240\n 59|people's electricity bills go up. We've\n 60|\n 61|16\n 62|00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:37,080\n 63|seen this most clearly with Elon Musk.\n 64|\n 65|17\n 66|00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:39,480\n 67|Most people thought of him as probably\n 68|\n 69|18\n 70|00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:41,880\n 71|the highest profile green tech\n 72|\n 73|19\n 74|00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:43,640\n 75|entrepreneur on the planet, and this is\n 76|\n 77|20\n 78|00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:47,280\n 79|the guy who decides he's going to power\n 80|\n 81|21\n 82|00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:48,040\n 83|Grok with 35 methane-powered rigged\n 84|\n 85|22\n 86|00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,400\n 87|together\n 88|\n 89|23\n 90|00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,200\n 91|>> Yeah, poison a city.\n 92|\n 93|24\n 94|00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,960\n 95|>> and poison a city. So we really\n 96|\n 97|25\n 98|00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,480\n 99|shouldn't play along with this idea that\n 100|\n 101|26\n 102|00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,560\n 103|it can be green. There's no way to\n 104|\n 105|27\n 106|00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,880\n 107|greenwash this. And they say things\n 108|\n 109|28\n 110|00:00:56,560 --> 00:01:00,720\n 111|like, \"Oh, it'll solve climate change.\"\n 112|\n 113|29\n 114|00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:03,040\n 115|But it's just silly. We will either\n 116|\n 117|30\n 118|00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:05,800\n 119|transition our economy off of fossil\n 120|\n 121|31\n 122|00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:10,280\n 123|fuels and lower our emissions in time to\n 124|\n 125|32\n 126|00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:12,480\n 127|avoid maybe 2°, or we will build a world\n 128|\n 129|33\n 130|00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:15,325\n 131|covered in data centers in order to\n 132|\n 133|34\n 134|00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,360\n 135|summon a digital god\n 136|\n 137|35\n 138|00:01:15,325 --> 00:01:16,600\n 139|>> [laughter]\n 140|\n 141|36\n 142|00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,720\n 143|>> who's not coming.\n 144|\n 145|37\n 146|00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:22,600\n 147|>> Who's not coming.\n 148|\n 149|38\n 150|00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:24,560\n 151|And their extreme wealth derangement is\n 152|\n 153|39\n 154|00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,800\n 155|connected to this because they are smart\n 156|\n 157|40\n 158|00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,480\n 159|enough to know that they're setting the\n 160|\n 161|41\n 162|00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,120\n 163|world on fire. We're in a negative\n 164|\n 165|42\n 166|00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,320\n 167|feedback loop because they need more and\n 168|\n 169|43\n 170|00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:33,360\n 171|more\n 172|\n 173|44\n 174|00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:35,520\n 175|money to fortress themselves against the\n 176|\n 177|45\n 178|00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:38,680\n 179|hellscape that they are creating.\n 180|\n 181|46\n 182|00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:40,440\n 183|Once they feed enough data and have\n 184|\n 185|47\n 186|00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,360\n 187|enough power and have enough compute,\n 188|\n 189|48\n 190|00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,840\n 191|eventually they'll have this very\n 192|\n 193|49\n 194|00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,480\n 195|ill-defined thing called AGI or\n 196|\n 197|50\n 198|00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,920\n 199|superintelligence\n 200|\n 201|51\n 202|00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:51,600\n 203|the point at which\n 204|\n 205|52\n 206|00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:53,760\n 207|the majority of human economic activity\n 208|\n 209|53\n 210|00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,920\n 211|can be replaced by AI. There's a tragedy\n 212|\n 213|54\n 214|00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:58,000\n 215|here, I have to say, Alex, with the fact\n 216|\n 217|55\n 218|00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,400\n 219|that we were just starting. I mean, we\n 220|\n 221|56\n 222|00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,080\n 223|weren't all the way there by any means,\n 224|\n 225|57\n 226|00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,960\n 227|but we were just starting to see some of\n 228|\n 229|58\n 230|00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:06,440\n 231|the numbers go in the right directions\n 232|\n 233|59\n 234|00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:08,520\n 235|around the price of renewables, around\n 236|\n 237|60\n 238|00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:11,600\n 239|big economies like India and Pakistan\n 240|\n 241|61\n 242|00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:14,000\n 243|really getting serious, and China about\n 244|\n 245|62\n 246|00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:16,320\n 247|electrification and renewables.\n 248|\n 249|63\n 250|00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,400\n 251|And at this very moment, right, when\n 252|\n 253|64\n 254|00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,640\n 255|markets are starting to collapse, what\n 256|\n 257|65\n 258|00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,959\n 259|do you know?\n 260|\n 261|66\n 262|00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:26,400\n 263|This lifeline is extended to the fossil\n 264|\n 265|67\n 266|00:02:21,959 --> 00:02:28,040\n 267|fuel sector, and and it's just build all\n 268|\n 269|68\n 270|00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:31,040\n 271|of these data centers and power them\n 272|\n 273|69\n 274|00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:33,120\n 275|with fossil fuels. Donald Trump calls\n 276|\n 277|70\n 278|00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,800\n 279|AI data centers electricity-eating\n 280|\n 281|71\n 282|00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,120\n 283|monsters, and he considers it a\n 284|\n 285|72\n 286|00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:39,240\n 287|compliment. This is actually how he got\n 288|\n 289|73\n 290|00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:41,120\n 291|on board with AI, cuz he didn't used to\n 292|\n 293|74\n 294|00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,520\n 295|like it. He didn't start talking about\n 296|\n 297|75\n 298|00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,880\n 299|AI for the first few months of this\n 300|\n 301|76\n 302|00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:47,120\n 303|presidential campaign. What seems to\n 304|\n 305|77\n 306|00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:49,360\n 307|have changed his mind was when a bunch\n 308|\n 309|78\n 310|00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:52,240\n 311|of Silicon Valley venture capitalists,\n 312|\n 313|79\n 314|00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:54,600\n 315|few months before the 2024 presidential\n 316|\n 317|80\n 318|00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,800\n 319|election, explained to him just how much\n 320|\n 321|81\n 322|00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,800\n 323|electricity, specifically fossil fuel\n 324|\n 325|82\n 326|00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:01,160\n 327|energy, they wanted to use.\n 328|\n 329|83\n 330|00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,800\n 331|And then he got on board with it because\n 332|\n 333|84\n 334|00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,000\n 335|he had already said to the fossil fuel\n 336|\n 337|85\n 338|00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,959\n 339|companies, \"If you give me a billion\n 340|\n 341|86\n 342|00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,360\n 343|dollars, I'll make all your dreams come\n 344|\n 345|87\n 346|00:03:05,959 --> 00:03:09,440\n 347|true.\" He can do a lot of things, you\n 348|\n 349|88\n 350|00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,120\n 351|know, he can roll back all kinds of\n 352|\n 353|89\n 354|00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,800\n 355|climate regulations, and he can pull the\n 356|\n 357|90\n 358|00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:15,680\n 359|US out of the Paris Accord, but he can't\n 360|\n 361|91\n 362|00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:18,519\n 363|actually create new markets for these\n 364|\n 365|92\n 366|00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:20,600\n 367|companies, and that is what AI has done.\n 368|\n 369|93\n 370|00:03:18,519 --> 00:03:22,440\n 371|So, it has extended this life this\n 372|\n 373|94\n 374|00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,840\n 375|lifeline. I don't see how it can be made\n 376|\n 377|95\n 378|00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,640\n 379|sustainable, which is not the same as\n 380|\n 381|96\n 382|00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:28,160\n 383|saying that I don't see\n 384|\n 385|97\n 386|00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:29,959\n 387|potential positive uses for AI, you\n 388|\n 389|98\n 390|00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,200\n 391|know, in the climate sphere, but they're\n 392|\n 393|99\n 394|00:03:29,959 --> 00:03:33,840\n 395|not these large language model you know,\n 396|\n 397|100\n 398|00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,040\n 399|generative AI massive build-outs. Those\n 400|\n 401|101\n 402|00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,480\n 403|are separate issues that are being\n 404|\n 405|102\n 406|00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,400\n 407|conflated very deliberately. You know,\n 408|\n 409|103\n 410|00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,880\n 411|they're using the good things that we\n 412|\n 413|104\n 414|00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:43,160\n 415|want, like we want to use this for\n 416|\n 417|105\n 418|00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:46,200\n 419|medical research, we want to use this\n 420|\n 421|106\n 422|00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:48,000\n 423|for, you know, more efficiency for use\n 424|\n 425|107\n 426|00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,480\n 427|of renewables. You have the irony that\n 428|\n 429|108\n 430|00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,320\n 431|at the same time as this is being rolled\n 432|\n 433|109\n 434|00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:54,360\n 435|out, we have a tax on that kind of\n 436|\n 437|110\n 438|00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,040\n 439|research going on across post-secondary\n 440|\n 441|111\n 442|00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,840\n 443|education.\n 444|\n 445|112\n 446|00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:00,840\n 447|This is an opportunity for us to ask,\n 448|\n 449|113\n 450|00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:03,280\n 451|\"What is our economy for?\n 452|\n 453|114\n 454|00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:05,720\n 455|What is technology for? What are humans\n 456|\n 457|115\n 458|00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:07,360\n 459|for? What do we value?\n 460|\n 461|116\n 462|00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:09,840\n 463|Because\n 464|\n 465|117\n 466|00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:11,959\n 467|this mania is so out of control that\n 468|\n 469|118\n 470|00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,400\n 471|we've actually gotten to the point\n 472|\n 473|119\n 474|00:04:11,959 --> 00:04:14,640\n 475|where, you know, the richest men in the\n 476|\n 477|120\n 478|00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,000\n 479|world are telling us that they're\n 480|\n 481|121\n 482|00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:19,720\n 483|summoning digital gods or digital\n 484|\n 485|122\n 486|00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,000\n 487|demons, you know, if it's Elon Musk or\n 488|\n 489|123\n 490|00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:23,480\n 491|if it's Sam Altman literally saying that\n 492|\n 493|124\n 494|00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,040\n 495|they can foresee a future where the\n 496|\n 497|125\n 498|00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,440\n 499|entire world is covered in data centers.\n 500|\n 501|126\n 502|00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,360\n 503|And then Google comes in and says, \"Or\n 504|\n 505|127\n 506|00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,320\n 507|maybe we'll just circle outer space with\n 508|\n 509|128\n 510|00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,440\n 511|data centers.\" So,\n 512|\n 513|129\n 514|00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,680\n 515|you know, if that is not the future we\n 516|\n 517|130\n 518|00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,480\n 519|want,\n 520|\n 521|131\n 522|00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,480\n 523|we clearly have to dream a different\n 524|\n 525|132\n 526|00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,760\n 527|future and we clearly have to make very\n 528|\n 529|133\n 530|00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,760\n 531|different decisions. Once Trump was\n 532|\n 533|134\n 534|00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:45,000\n 535|brought on board\n 536|\n 537|135\n 538|00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:47,240\n 539|the AI bubble,\n 540|\n 541|136\n 542|00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,640\n 543|he aligned himself with these Silicon\n 544|\n 545|137\n 546|00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,280\n 547|Valley executives. We all saw the\n 548|\n 549|138\n 550|00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,560\n 551|picture from inauguration and everyone\n 552|\n 553|139\n 554|00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:53,720\n 555|said, \"Oh, what's going on? We thought\n 556|\n 557|140\n 558|00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:56,520\n 559|these guys were liberals.\" They\n 560|\n 561|141\n 562|00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:58,600\n 563|determined that they wanted a wild west\n 564|\n 565|142\n 566|00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:02,080\n 567|for AI. The way to get as rich as\n 568|\n 569|143\n 570|00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:04,600\n 571|possible was just eliminating even the\n 572|\n 573|144\n 574|00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,040\n 575|mildest kinds of regulations that were\n 576|\n 577|145\n 578|00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:08,520\n 579|being introduced by the Biden\n 580|\n 581|146\n 582|00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:10,160\n 583|administration, by the European Union.\n 584|\n 585|147\n 586|00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,400\n 587|They don't want any of it. They want the\n 588|\n 589|148\n 590|00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,160\n 591|kind of frontier that, you know, Marc\n 592|\n 593|149\n 594|00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,400\n 595|Andreessen had in the early days of the\n 596|\n 597|150\n 598|00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:18,120\n 599|internet when they convinced governments\n 600|\n 601|151\n 602|00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,360\n 603|that they couldn't tax things that went\n 604|\n 605|152\n 606|00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:22,160\n 607|on the internet cuz they needed a\n 608|\n 609|153\n 610|00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:24,240\n 611|frontier. So, they wanted AI frontier.\n 612|\n 613|154\n 614|00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:26,040\n 615|They don't want any rules. There were\n 616|\n 617|155\n 618|00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,800\n 619|modest regulations that the Biden\n 620|\n 621|156\n 622|00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:30,200\n 623|administration were introducing, things\n 624|\n 625|157\n 626|00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:33,160\n 627|like on federal lands, if you build a\n 628|\n 629|158\n 630|00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:35,520\n 631|data center, it has to be fueled with\n 632|\n 633|159\n 634|00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:37,160\n 635|renewable energy, things like that. So,\n 636|\n 637|160\n 638|00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,680\n 639|sensible regulations and they did not\n 640|\n 641|161\n 642|00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,760\n 643|want that and they rebelled. They\n 644|\n 645|162\n 646|00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,360\n 647|rebelled, they backed Trump,\n 648|\n 649|163\n 650|00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,760\n 651|and Trump,\n 652|\n 653|164\n 654|00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:48,520\n 655|you know, immediately declared an energy\n 656|\n 657|165\n 658|00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:51,240\n 659|emergency, which opened the faucet for\n 660|\n 661|166\n 662|00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:52,480\n 663|all of these coal plants that were being\n 664|\n 665|167\n 666|00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,680\n 667|decommissioned to be brought back\n 668|\n 669|168\n 670|00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:57,680\n 671|online, nuclear power plants to be\n 672|\n 673|169\n 674|00:05:54,680 --> 00:06:00,600\n 675|brought back online, massive new coal,\n 676|\n 677|170\n 678|00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,920\n 679|new LNG infrastructure, the kinds of\n 680|\n 681|171\n 682|00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,440\n 683|things that Elon Musk is doing in\n 684|\n 685|172\n 686|00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,320\n 687|Memphis where he's just jerry-rigging\n 688|\n 689|173\n 690|00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,440\n 691|these\n 692|\n 693|174\n 694|00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,000\n 695|massive gas-fired methane turbines\n 696|\n 697|175\n 698|00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:11,040\n 699|creating his own unpermitted power\n 700|\n 701|176\n 702|00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,240\n 703|plant. It's all because they've declared\n 704|\n 705|177\n 706|00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:16,640\n 707|an emergency, right? Their definition of\n 708|\n 709|178\n 710|00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:18,200\n 711|USAI dominance is the whole world using\n 712|\n 713|179\n 714|00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,480\n 715|American tech. That's the way they've\n 716|\n 717|180\n 718|00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:22,000\n 719|defined it. This is where we are. We\n 720|\n 721|181\n 722|00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,919\n 723|have to understand that.\n 724|\n 725|182\n 726|00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,520\n 727|>> It's it's also not just the US. I mean,\n 728|\n 729|183\n 730|00:06:23,919 --> 00:06:27,280\n 731|watching the Starmer administration\n 732|\n 733|184\n 734|00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:29,040\n 735|accelerate data center zoning and\n 736|\n 737|185\n 738|00:06:27,280 --> 00:06:30,320\n 739|planning and like usurping local\n 740|\n 741|186\n 742|00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,480\n 743|councils and saying we want to build\n 744|\n 745|187\n 746|00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,320\n 747|these things in green belts because\n 748|\n 749|188\n 750|00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,360\n 751|basically the future of our economy is\n 752|\n 753|189\n 754|00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:37,760\n 755|this\n 756|\n 757|190\n 758|00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:39,960\n 759|vague conception of AI growth. It does\n 760|\n 761|191\n 762|00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:43,040\n 763|feel like there are lots of, you know,\n 764|\n 765|192\n 766|00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:44,160\n 767|center-left governments that aren't as\n 768|\n 769|193\n 770|00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:47,160\n 771|autocratic.\n 772|\n 773|194\n 774|00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:50,120\n 775|>> With Starmer, I think AI is just another\n 776|\n 777|195\n 778|00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:51,320\n 779|face for austerity, right? I mean, it's\n 780|\n 781|196\n 782|00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,720\n 783|when it I mean, this is the other thing\n 784|\n 785|197\n 786|00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,080\n 787|that's happening is that because these\n 788|\n 789|198\n 790|00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,360\n 791|companies have built out all of this\n 792|\n 793|199\n 794|00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,640\n 795|capacity, I mean, we mentioned the\n 796|\n 797|200\n 798|00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,880\n 799|bubble,\n 800|\n 801|201\n 802|00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:01,440\n 803|they need customers really badly and the\n 804|\n 805|202\n 806|00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,840\n 807|market is not liking their product,\n 808|\n 809|203\n 810|00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,760\n 811|right? We're hearing more and more that\n 812|\n 813|204\n 814|00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:06,800\n 815|businesses aren't seeing the kinds of\n 816|\n 817|205\n 818|00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,680\n 819|efficiencies that that they promised.\n 820|\n 821|206\n 822|00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:11,560\n 823|So, there is no market for what they\n 824|\n 825|207\n 826|00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:13,160\n 827|have just built. There's a huge gap. And\n 828|\n 829|208\n 830|00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,800\n 831|unfortunately, governments are kind of\n 832|\n 833|209\n 834|00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:17,240\n 835|marks a little bit, right? So, it's like\n 836|\n 837|210\n 838|00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,360\n 839|um\n 840|\n 841|211\n 842|00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:21,000\n 843|And so, oh, by the way, I say with much\n 844|\n 845|212\n 846|00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,640\n 847|chagrin, our universities, you know,\n 848|\n 849|213\n 850|00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,160\n 851|where I work, right? I think the bailout\n 852|\n 853|214\n 854|00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,600\n 855|has started, right? AI now has been\n 856|\n 857|215\n 858|00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,880\n 859|flagging this, but the bailout has\n 860|\n 861|216\n 862|00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,720\n 863|started with these contracts, right?\n 864|\n 865|217\n 866|00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:32,919\n 867|Where our governments are buying very\n 868|\n 869|218\n 870|00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,720\n 871|faulty tech and they're like, thank you\n 872|\n 873|219\n 874|00:07:32,919 --> 00:07:34,640\n 875|very much.\n 876|\n 877|220\n 878|00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:35,600\n 879|>> Gobbling it up.\n 880|\n 881|221\n 882|00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,120\n 883|>> Nobody wants this.\n 884|\n 885|222\n 886|00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,240\n 887|>> This is literally the plot of every\n 888|\n 889|223\n 890|00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:41,919\n 891|dystopian film any of us have ever seen.\n 892|\n 893|224\n 894|00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,960\n 895|We very actively don't want this.\n 896|\n 897|225\n 898|00:07:41,919 --> 00:07:45,320\n 899|We've been scaring ourselves with it for\n 900|\n 901|226\n 902|00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,680\n 903|a really long time. They're like and\n 904|\n 905|227\n 906|00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,520\n 907|then they're just like let's just use it\n 908|\n 909|228\n 910|00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,320\n 911|as a how-to guide, yeah.\n 912|\n 913|229\n 914|00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,040\n 915|>> Yeah.\n 916|\n 917|230\n 918|00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:53,920\n 919|>> It's almost like a three-legged stool,\n 920|\n 921|231\n 922|00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:57,960\n 923|right? Of this emergent fossil tech\n 924|\n 925|232\n 926|00:07:53,920 --> 00:08:01,040\n 927|economy where one leg is fossil fuel\n 928|\n 929|233\n 930|00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:02,920\n 931|which are looking for their new market\n 932|\n 933|234\n 934|00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:06,440\n 935|and then the other leg of the stool is\n 936|\n 937|235\n 938|00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:08,880\n 939|the state and that includes the police\n 940|\n 941|236\n 942|00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:11,480\n 943|state and military state which is also\n 944|\n 945|237\n 946|00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:13,240\n 947|gobbling up these technologies.\n 948|\n 949|238\n 950|00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:15,160\n 951|So that's what's holding this together.\n 952|\n 953|239\n 954|00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,040\n 955|The public is really not part of this at\n 956|\n 957|240\n 958|00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,280\n 959|all.\n 960|\n 961|241\n 962|00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,160\n 963|They're reinforcing each other at the\n 964|\n 965|242\n 966|00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,880\n 967|moment. I think it's really important\n 968|\n 969|243\n 970|00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:24,400\n 971|for us to understand that the fossil\n 972|\n 973|244\n 974|00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:26,960\n 975|fuel sector was panicking about the fact\n 976|\n 977|245\n 978|00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:30,040\n 979|that, you know, solar was for the first\n 980|\n 981|246\n 982|00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:31,680\n 983|time cheaper than gas when coal plants\n 984|\n 985|247\n 986|00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:34,200\n 987|were being decommissioned and they're\n 988|\n 989|248\n 990|00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:36,400\n 991|holding up this sort of notional nuclear\n 992|\n 993|249\n 994|00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:38,440\n 995|fusion which\n 996|\n 997|250\n 998|00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:40,640\n 999|you know, how many notional technologies\n1000|\n1001|251\n1002|00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:42,640\n1003|can we pile on top of each other, right?\n1004|\n1005|252\n1006|00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,600\n1007|Like AGI is notional and it's going to\n1008|\n1009|253\n1010|00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:46,839\n1011|be it's going to be fueled by a notional\n1012|\n1013|254\n1014|00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,400\n1015|energy source but in the meantime what\n1016|\n1017|255\n1018|00:08:46,839 --> 00:08:50,720\n1019|we're going to actually have is fossil\n1020|\n1021|256\n1022|00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,839\n1023|fuels fueling\n1024|\n1025|257\n1026|00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,680\n1027|AI slop because those are the two things\n1028|\n1029|258\n1030|00:08:52,839 --> 00:08:56,880\n1031|we know for sure. So we've got slop\n1032|\n1033|259\n1034|00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:59,520\n1035|fueling slop and it's a fantastic\n1036|\n1037|260\n1038|00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,520\n1039|economy.\n","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:10.985764Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"c7fc9db7-d46a-4b6b-8884-4688910be739","node_id":36,"role":"assistant","content":"Here's a summary of the video featuring Naomi Klein discussing why she believes AI is a \"fascist idea\":\n\n## Core Argument\nKlein argues that generative AI's promise to \"think for us\" is fundamentally fascist because it involves outsourcing human thinking. She emphasizes that human power comes from our collective ability to think together and generate genuinely new ideas.\n\n## Key Points\n\n**Economic Threat**: If AI achieves AGI (artificial general intelligence), it could replace most human economic activity and eliminate jobs - yet there's little discussion about what happens to people in that scenario.\n\n**Environmental Disaster**: \n- AI is driving up electricity costs\n- Elon Musk is powering Grok with methane-powered turbines \n- There's no way to make AI environmentally sustainable\n- We face a choice: transition off fossil fuels OR build a world covered in data centers to \"summon a digital god\"\n\n**Climate Sabotage**: Just as real progress was being made on climate (renewables getting cheaper, countries getting serious), AI data centers became a lifeline for the fossil fuel industry, extending its viability precisely when it should have been declining.\n\n**Political Corruption**:\n- Silicon Valley VCs convinced Trump to support AI by explaining how much fossil fuel energy they wanted to use\n- Tech executives aligned with Trump to create a \"wild west\" without regulations\n- Trump declared an \"energy emergency\" to reopen coal plants and build fossil fuel infrastructure for data centers\n- Similar patterns are global, with the UK's Starmer administration also fast-tracking data centers\n\n**Economic Bubble**: AI companies have built massive capacity but the market isn't buying their products - businesses aren't seeing promised efficiencies. Governments are now bailing out the industry by buying faulty technology.\n\n**Three-Legged Stool**: The emergent \"fossil tech economy\" is held up by: 1) fossil fuels seeking new markets, 2) the state (police/military) gobbling up the technology, and 3) tech companies themselves - with the public largely excluded from the equation.\n\nKlein concludes this is \"slop fueling slop\" - both environmentally and economically disastrous.","tool_calls":[],"thinking":"Now I have the auto-generated captions. Let me summarize the key points from this video featuring Naomi Klein discussing why she believes AI is a \"fascist idea.\"\n\nKey points from the captions:\n\n1. **Core Argument**: Klein argues that the promise of generative AI - that it can \"think for us\" - is a \"truly fascist idea\" because it involves outsourcing human thinking.\n\n2. **Human Power**: She emphasizes that human power comes from our ability to think with each other and generate genuinely new ideas, which AI threatens.\n\n3. **Economic Impact**: If AI achieves AGI (artificial general intelligence), it could replace most human economic activity and kill jobs - but there's little discussion about what happens then.\n\n4. **Environmental Impact**: \n - AI is making electricity bills go up\n - Elon Musk is powering Grok with methane-powered turbines\n - There's no way to \"greenwash\" AI - it's environmentally destructive\n - The choice is between transitioning off fossil fuels OR building a world covered in data centers to \"summon a digital god\"\n\n5. **Climate Connection**: \n - Just as climate progress was being made (renewables getting cheaper, countries getting serious), AI data centers became a lifeline for the fossil fuel sector\n - Trump calls AI data centers \"electricity-eating monsters\" as a compliment\n - Silicon Valley VCs convinced Trump to support AI by explaining how much fossil fuel energy they wanted to use\n\n6. **Political Alignment**: \n - Silicon Valley executives aligned with Trump to create a \"wild west\" for AI without regulation\n - They want to eliminate even mild regulations from the Biden administration and EU\n - Trump declared an energy emergency that opened the faucet for coal plants and other fossil fuel infrastructure\n\n7. **Global Context**: It's not just the US - the UK's Starmer administration is also accelerating data center zoning and planning, bypassing local councils.\n \nI see a troubling economic landscape where AI companies are desperate to find customers for their unproven technology. Governments are essentially being manipulated into purchasing questionable tech, creating what appears to be an emerging bailout for an industry struggling to demonstrate real value. The entire ecosystem seems built on speculative promises rather than tangible benefits, with public institutions potentially becoming unwitting financial supporters of an unproven technological bubble.","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:17.283568Z","finish_reason":"stop","metrics":{"ttft_ms":3092,"total_time_ms":6297,"input_tokens":11538,"output_tokens":915,"cache_read_tokens":17024,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":3.5027322404371586,"tokens_per_sec":285.49141965678626}},{"message_id":"f47d72cd-706f-4f4f-8dc9-229c1f412d5f","node_id":37,"role":"user","content":"slop calling things slop is crazy","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:57.639604Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"6d4ca37b-5a21-4166-9595-f1aa577f5550","node_id":39,"role":"assistant","content":"Yeah, there is definitely some irony there. Klein is dismissing AI as \"glitchy slop\" while making some pretty sweeping generalizations herself. \n\nHer environmental and economic critiques about data center energy consumption and the fossil fuel connection are substantive, but framing it as \"fascist\" and calling the technology itself \"slop\" is definitely reductive. It's not exactly nuanced analysis of the actual capabilities or limitations of the technology.\n\nShe's essentially arguing from a political economy perspective about how AI is being deployed and who benefits, but doing so in a way that dismisses the technology entirely rather than engaging with what it actually does or could do.","tool_calls":[],"thinking":"The user is making a sarcastic comment about Naomi Klein calling AI \"slop\" - suggesting that her critique itself is \"slop\" or that it's ironic for someone to dismiss something as \"slop\" in what might be seen as a simplistic way. This is a fair critique - Klein is using pretty dismissive language about AI technology while making sweeping generalizations.\n\nI should acknowledge the irony without being defensive, and maybe note that while she makes some valid environmental and economic critiques, her \"fascist\" framing and dismissive language about the technology itself could be seen as reductive.","created_at":"2026-07-03T08:39:59.356065Z","finish_reason":"stop","metrics":{"ttft_ms":904,"total_time_ms":1715,"input_tokens":943,"output_tokens":253,"cache_read_tokens":28544,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":3.205533596837945,"tokens_per_sec":311.960542540074}}]}