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Notes on running your own AI workspace
Practical articles about providers, keys, costs and privacy.
Why agents in Max Harness ask before they act
Tool-using models are useful and also easy to mislead. This is the reasoning behind the short tool list, the three permission levels and the approval step.
How cost estimates work, and why some replies show none
Max Harness shows a dollar figure only when it can stand behind the price. This is where the numbers come from and where they can differ from your invoice.
API keys and chat subscriptions are not the same thing
A ChatGPT or Claude subscription does not unlock the API. Here is how the two differ, what an API key costs in practice and how to keep spending under control.