Bryce Watson

Hi, I'm Bryce

I'm an independent engineer (ex-eBay) who designs and builds production AI systems, from multi-agent architectures to protocol-level tooling. I work deep in the Claude Code and MCP ecosystem, document what I find, and take on contract work. Currently taking on projects.

What I Do

I design AI systems that run real operations. Not demos. Production architectures with multi-agent coordination, quality gates, and self-improving memory. My flagship system manages an Etsy shop end-to-end with 34 specialized skills and three tiers of learned memory. I've evaluated and rejected two major orchestration frameworks against real requirements, and designed intent-based skill architectures that cut code 74% while increasing capability. Sixteen months and 260+ sessions of building, breaking, and rebuilding.

I find problems other people miss. I've diagnosed undocumented bugs in Google's Gemini SDK, Anthropic's desktop software ( startup freeze , file upload failure , 6 VM failure modes ), and Electron's multi-monitor handling. When standard troubleshooting fails, I trace root causes through log files, undocumented APIs, and system internals, then publish the fix so others don't hit the same wall.

I verify everything. Every blog post goes through a 4-agent review pipeline (fact-checker, technical reviewer, editorial reviewer, and visual QA) before it goes live. I've caught errors in my own published work, retracted incorrect findings, and corrected community misinformation. If I'm wrong, I say so.

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How I Work

Every project starts with a spec. I write detailed CLAUDE.md project files , some over 900 lines, that give every AI session the full context it needs without relying on conversation history. This means any session can pick up where the last one left off, even after a cold start.

I write intent, not instructions. My automation skills are markdown files that describe what should happen: goals, constraints, quality gates, and output contracts. The AI figures out the implementation. This approach cut my automation code 74% while making the system more capable, because clear intent scales better than detailed scripts.

Everything gets verified. Blog posts go through a 4-agent review pipeline before publishing. Business metrics get cross-checked against raw data sources. When my own analysis is wrong, and it has been, I catch and correct it before it becomes someone else's problem. I've retracted incorrect findings, corrected my own inflated metrics, and published corrections to community misinformation.

I kill what doesn't work. I've done a complete architectural rewrite in 6 days and abandoned 2 weeks of Chrome extension work after 8 PRs when a simpler approach was clearly better. Sunk cost isn't a reason to keep building.

3,200+ commits since Jan 2025
260+ AI development sessions
24 published posts
Bugs found in Google's Gemini SDK and Anthropic's Cowork (#32561, #32213)

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Work Experience

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  • Jan2025 - Now
    Independent
    Software Developer

    Building production AI services, MCP protocol tooling, and e-commerce platforms as an independent developer. Primary development tool is Claude Code with AI co-authored commits across all projects.

    Current projects include:

    • Stylize MCP Server. Production MCP server on GCP Cloud Run integrating DALL-E 3 with Claude Desktop for AI image stylization. Freemium SaaS with four pricing tiers, abuse prevention, and content safety filtering.
    • ShopForge. Self-improving AI agent that runs an Etsy digital art print shop (ChateaucoreWalls) with three-tier memory, Bayesian confidence scoring, and skill evolution. Evolved from ShopSmith OS, which proved the domain across 86 commits and 37 merged PRs.
    • MCP Python SDK, PR #2041. (Open PR, awaiting maintainer review.) Contributed PR #2041 to the official Model Context Protocol Python SDK, exposing progress_callback in ServerSession methods. All 1,140 tests pass, 100% coverage maintained.
    • Bryce Labs Toolkit. Claude Code plugin suite including spec-driven development, session history mining, and cross-platform skill management. Installable from marketplace.
    • Shopify TYOS Migrator. Automated migration of Shopify tracking pixels to the Customer Events API across 8 ad platforms with pixel parity validation.

    Over 1,500 commits across 2025–2026 using a PR-based workflow with conventional commits, Claude Code co-authorship, and automated GPT-based PR review via chatgpt-codex-connector.

  • Mar2015 - Dec2024
    eBay
    Software Engineer

    Contributed to eBay’s mobile web platform used by millions of users daily. Focused on performance optimization, front-end architecture, and building large-scale systems. Worked across mobile web and front-end systems, shipping features that balanced user experience with platform reliability at scale.

  • Jun2012 - Feb2015
    Enterprise Software
    Software Developer

    Built enterprise payments and decision-analytics software. Developed systems for transaction processing, risk assessment, and data-driven decision support in regulated environments.

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