AI agent engineer in the Bay Area building local-first systems that work in real-world environments.
I build useful AI tools and ship the proof: privacy-first products, autonomous coding workflows, and the reliability layer agents need when they touch files, tools, APIs, memory, and private data.
- Portfolio: christopherhammer.dev
- Proof demos: christopherhammer.dev#proof
- Project use cases: christopherhammer.dev#use-cases
- Craig: craigbuilds.dev
- HammerLock: hammerlockai.com
- Email: christopherlhammer11@gmail.com
Start here: christopherhammer.dev#proof
The portfolio includes short silent and narrated demos for HammerLock, Craig, Tool Use Guardian, Prompt Condenser, Real-Time Verifier, Surgical Code Editor, Repo Intelligence, Local Doc RAG, RecallMax, Generic CRM, Genesis Marketplace, and small-business agent workflows.
| Project | Why It Matters |
|---|---|
| HammerLock AI | Privacy-first AI assistant with an encrypted local vault, 11 agent workflows, BYOK setup, Ollama path, desktop packaging, narrated demos, and security documentation. |
| Craig | Autonomous coding-agent interface that reads project context, plans work, edits files, runs checks, and reports results through a polished operator console. |
| Tool Use Guardian | Reliability wrapper for AI tool calls with retries, timeouts, JSON repair, and structured failure metadata. |
| RecallMax | Long-term memory compression for AI agents that need useful context beyond a single conversation window. |
| Repo Intelligence | Local codebase Q&A with source-grounded answers, chunking, embeddings, LanceDB, and desktop packaging. |
- Build full-stack AI product surfaces with TypeScript, Next.js, React, and Node
- Design local-first workflows where privacy, files, and user control matter
- Prototype AI agents, tool-call flows, memory layers, RAG, and automation
- Turn vague product ideas into demos, READMEs, deployed sites, and working code
- Communicate technical tradeoffs clearly instead of hiding behind hype
| Layer | Repositories |
|---|---|
| Flagship products | HammerLock, Craig |
| Agent reliability | Tool Use Guardian, Real-Time Verifier, Prompt Condenser |
| Memory and context | RecallMax, Local Doc RAG, Repo Intelligence |
| Developer tools | Surgical Code Editor, Code Reviewer, Web Scraper, Text Summarizer |
| Business applications | Generic CRM, Genesis Marketplace, Genesis Node API |
I am especially interested in applied AI, AI agent engineering, LLM product engineering, privacy engineering, developer tooling, automation, and rapid AI prototyping roles where visible shipped work matters.
Strongest signal: I can turn a messy idea into a working product surface, demo, README, trust story, and deployable artifact without waiting for perfect requirements.