IBM Bob gets expensive in very boring ways: old chats, broad `@git-changes`, full `@terminal` dumps, and MCP catalogs you forgot were connected.

I wrote a practical guide to `.bobignore`, smaller `@` mentions, narrower toolsets, and using `Code` versus `Advanced` on purpose. https://www.the-main-thread.com/p/ibm-bob-cost-guide #IBMBob #MCP #AICodingAgents

GitHub MCP is not free, but full git diff dumps are not free either.

I measured the GitHub MCP server surface against a real dirty repository in IBM Bob. The result is simple: broad tool catalogs and broad outputs can both eat the same context window. https://www.the-main-thread.com/p/bob-mcp-context-tax #IBMBob #MCP #GitHub #Git

Shared MCP servers get risky in a very boring way: every action starts looking like the same service account.

I wrote about why IBM Bob deployments need delegated access, short-lived tokens, and audit-ready user or session attribution before shared MCP tools touch deployments, tickets, or customer data. https://www.the-main-thread.com/p/bob-mcp-attribution #IBMBob #MCP #Security

Yesterday I tried to demo Quarkus Agent MCP with IBM Bob.

Podman was not running, the app leaned on Dev Services, and Bob started reading an infrastructure failure like it might be a code problem. Annoying demo. Useful lesson.

I wrote up what Quarkus Agent MCP actually adds, and how that failure already turned into a better tool.

https://www.the-main-thread.com/p/quarkus-agent-mcp-ibm-bob

#Quarkus #IBMBob #MCP #Java

【Copilot】AI駆動開発では役割を分けて、トークン節約をする【IBM Bob】
https://qiita.com/m_koishikawa/items/38f3d84b8c71cf670b6b?utm_campaign=popular_items&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=popular_items

#qiita #エンジニア #copilot #生成AI #AI駆動開発 #IBMBob

I tested a setup that moves IBM Bob off the laptop and into a remote Linux workspace over SSH.

The interesting part was not the happy path. It was all the little things around it: SSH keys, host aliases, locked accounts, amd64 vs arm64, and how Bob actually starts its remote server.

I wrote it up step by step:
https://www.the-main-thread.com/p/ibm-bob-remote-ssh-podman-macos-linux

#Java #Linux #SSH #Podman #MacOS #DevTools #RemoteDevelopment #IBMBob

IBM Bob カスタム・スキル 開発："pptx-generator" で PowerPoint 生成
https://qiita.com/c_u/items/3725a6df720664ebdca2?utm_campaign=popular_items&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=popular_items

#qiita #Node_js #PowerPoint #AI #SKILLS #IBMBob

Most teams still treat system prompts like internal docs for humans.

That breaks fast with coding agents.

If the prompt is weak, the agent does not fail politely. It invents files, skips discovery, and makes risky edits with too much confidence.

I wrote down a practical way to review these prompts before they hit production: grounding, continuity, safety, decomposition, and efficiency.

https://www.the-main-thread.com/p/bob-meta-scorecard-agent-system-prompts-production

#Java #AI #CodingAgents #PromptEngineering #IBMbob

https://bob.ibm.com/

Anpther tool in the toolbox, requiring thinking, thus effort. This time, a more serioous and reliable one. I started put it to the test, but not to generate crap, instead I need it to figure out things for me.

Therefore, I will not publish new stuff, instead I will report if I manage to use it to gain insights into stuff I can publicly speak of ...

#ibmbob

もう手作業に戻れない。IBM Bob で Liberty 開発を効率化するコマンドアセットを公開しました
https://qiita.com/ktgr/items/8eb67fbaec8d28efb24e?utm_campaign=popular_items&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=popular_items

#qiita #Java #Liberty #openliberty #IBMBob