# 2026 CQN Primer On LLM Agents

## Scope

This folder is a recorded tutorial archive, not a reveal.js deck. The useful presentation content is the video/audio recording, Zoom transcript, and transcript-derived lecture notes in `HEADER.md`.

## Likely Entry Points

- `HEADER.md` is the archive page fragment. It embeds `GMT20260218-140520_Recording_2048x1152.mp4` and contains the edited notes.
- `GMT20260218-140520_Recording_2048x1152.mp4` is the main video recording.
- `GMT20260218-140520_Recording.m4a` is the audio-only recording.
- `GMT20260218-140520_Recording.transcript.vtt` is the raw transcript source.

There is no `index.html` or `presentation.html` in this folder.

## Content Themes

- LLM agents are framed as tools for menial tasks: work the user already knows how to do but does not want to perform manually.
- Warnings about polished-looking low-quality generated output, especially in scientific publishing and open source.
- Terminal-centric agent workflows, project compartmentalization, package management, and useful CLI tools.
- Context management rather than training: preparing local instruction/context files, checking them, pruning stale details, and restarting with cleaner context.
- Examples include preparing a `CLAUDE.md` for a wiki export, downloading data through an API, and building an interactive benchmark visualization.

## Assets And Patterns

- The notes in `HEADER.md` are narrative lecture notes generated from the recording and transcript. Preserve timestamp headings when adding or correcting sections.
- Keep media filenames stable unless all embeds and references are updated together.
- The VTT transcript is the best raw source for timestamp-level corrections; the MP4 is the source of truth for delivery.

## Editing Guidance

- For content corrections, update `HEADER.md` and only touch the transcript if the raw transcript itself is being corrected.
- If adding summaries, keep the speaker's cautionary framing: these tools are useful for tedious known workflows, not a blanket replacement for judgment.
- Avoid adding current-tool recommendations without checking dates and versions, because this topic changes quickly.
- If a slide deck is later created from this tutorial, document it here as a new entry point and clarify whether it is derived from or independent of the recording.