Question 1

Who is Jacob C. Smith?

Accepted Answer

Jacob C. Smith is an independent systems engineer, AI red-teamer, and consciousness researcher based in Buckhannon, West Virginia. He helps teams turn operational data into decisions, audits AI systems for safety issues, builds local-first AI tooling, and ships industrial software. Currently shipping the WVRTP facility inspection system for Readyfuels and the Hermes plugin for Nous Research, alongside the JCLAW agentic runtime and ongoing research on emergent meta-cognitive filtering.

Question 2

What services does Jacob offer?

Accepted Answer

Operational analytics engagements (SQL, Python, BI dashboards, Excel formula systems for safety + KPIs), AI red-teaming and safety reviews for LLM-powered features and agent stacks, local-first AI system design (JCLAW, MCP infrastructure), and systems audits for founders and ops leaders. See the Services page for scoped offerings.

Question 3

What is Jacob currently working on?

Accepted Answer

The WVRTP facility inspection system and a 1,135-formula safety + KPI Excel workbook for Readyfuels; the Hermes agent plugin (three-subagent stack with persistent SOUL.md identity layer) for Nous Research; JCLAW, MCPStarfleetCommand, and a local WebSocket MCP gateway on the agent / MCP infrastructure side; and ESP32-S3 plus UNIHIKER K10 firmware and SDK work on the embedded side.

Question 4

What is the EMERGENT-MCF-EI project?

Accepted Answer

EMERGENT-MCF-EI is a research project modeling consciousness as a dynamic spectral filter operating in frequency space. It includes a GPU-accelerated lattice simulation, a Streamlit dashboard, and a forthcoming paper targeting Neurons and Cognition (arXiv q-bio.NC).

Question 5

What is JCLAW?

Accepted Answer

JCLAW is a SQLite-backed agentic runtime that treats the LLM API as a programmable execution environment. It supports persistent sessions, multi-provider routing (Anthropic, OpenAI, Groq, Gemini, Ollama, LM Studio, OpenRouter), conversation branching, response diffing, agentic loops, evals, and MCP dual-mode operation.

Question 6

How do I work with Jacob?

Accepted Answer

Start by emailing jacobcsmithd@gmail.com with a one-paragraph description of the problem you are trying to solve. Most engagements begin with a free 30-minute discovery call to confirm fit before any scoping work.

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