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What I'm building and learning right now. I update it when something changes; the date is below.
Building
An AI support channel at Vibetex
A customer support channel with LLMs, RAG and semantic search, wired into the existing Java, .NET and Angular systems.
A legal product of my own
AI applied to a problem I know from the inside, from my years in law and at the Bar Association. The name stays under wraps until the trademark is registered.
This portfolio and Nox
Nox now has an MCP server, so any AI assistant can query the site, and a dashboard with cost, latency and question topics in production.
Learning
Fine-tuning
For repetitive tasks, instead of stuffing all the knowledge into the prompt like I did on my first AI project.
Structured RAG and embeddings
Chunking, titles and metadata, hybrid search and how to measure whether retrieval brings back the right passage.
Multi-agent systems with MCP
Agents with one job each (classify, summarize, query, audit), talking through a standard protocol.
Guardrails and the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs
Defenses in code and in the prompt, and how to test them automatically.
Systems Analysis and Development
Associate degree, expected to finish in 2027.
Direction
From full-stack to AI Engineer
And, in the long run, AI architect: designing AI systems you can audit, measure and maintain.
Connect your assistant
This site has a read-only MCP server. Connect the URL below in Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Gemini CLI or any MCP client and ask about me from there.
https://marcusrdrigues.com/api/mcpTools: profile, projects, case studies, CV, now, notes and a keyword search. All read-only, only what's already published here.
How to connect
- Claude (web or desktop): Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector, then paste the URL.
- ChatGPT (web, paid plans): Settings, Apps, Advanced settings, turn on Developer mode and use Create app with the URL. In a chat, pick the app from the + menu.
- Codex CLI: codex mcp add marcus --url https://marcusrdrigues.com/api/mcp
- Gemini CLI: gemini mcp add --transport http marcus https://marcusrdrigues.com/api/mcp
- Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http marcus https://marcusrdrigues.com/api/mcp
- Cursor, VS Code and other file-configured clients: {"marcus": {"url": "https://marcusrdrigues.com/api/mcp"}}. To browse the tools by hand: npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector.