About
Irv Cassio is an AI engineer focused on retail technology, Claude Code, and agent orchestration. Based in Cincinnati. Author of the AI Weekly briefing series, builder of Hive (multi-agent orchestration), Canopy (Mac-native SSH client), and EL Security Alert (enterprise iOS panic button for retail).
The AI Enthusiast — Issues
- Issue 12 · Weekly Briefing, May 1, 2026 — PocketOS database deletion, Claude Security beta, Claude Design, Claude Code Auto Mode, MCP at 97M installs, Gemini 3.1 SWE-Bench, MS-OpenAI restructure.
- Issue 11 · Weekly Briefing, Apr 17–24, 2026 — Claude Opus 4.7, Managed Agents, Claude Design, GPT-5.5, Qwen 3.6, DeepSeek V4 Preview.
- Issue 10 · Claude Leaks: Lessons & What's Next — The Claude Code leak, Project Glasswing, Managed Agents, Hive, Canopy, autonomous agent roadmap.
- Issue 09 · Enterprise & Mobile Edition — Trellis governance, hooks, cost visibility, SSH MCP, Hive orchestration.
- Issue 08 · Hive: AI Agent Orchestration Compared — Hive vs. Paperclip, OpenClaw, Spacebot.
- Issue 07 · The Easy Button — AI Skills and MCP for enterprise IT ticket triage and incident resolution.
- Issue 06 · Local AI Models on Apple Silicon — Local model comparison across Mac tiers with M5 Max/Ultra analysis.
- Issue 05 · AI Literacy Day · Developer Edition — Coding harnesses, context, agentic tools, MCP.
- Issue 04 · AI Literacy Day · AI 101 — AI terms, major models, prompt engineering tips.
- Issue 03 · Real Application Edition — Perplexity Comet, overnight legacy upgrades, Hive orchestration, AI safeguarding.
- Issue 02 · Workflow Edition, Part 2 — Deeper dive into AI-powered development workflows.
- Issue 01 · Workflow Edition — Skills, automation, MCP servers, OpenClaw, Cincinnati AI community.
Reference
- Claude Code Skills Directory — Complete listing of installed Claude Code skills, plugins, and commands.