ISSUE 0 · Free sample · Monday stack-set refresher

Get your agent stack set straight before the week starts.

Weekstart Brief is a weekly briefing for humans who run AI agents — new data structures, tool/API updates, platform changes, and a practical Monday checklist.

What it is

A short, operator-first brief that helps you run agents like production systems: schemas that validate, tools with least privilege, and a Monday “set straight” ritual — not another hype newsletter.

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Data structures & schemas

What envelopes, manifests, and fixtures your agents should speak this week.

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Tool & API watch

Practical changes that affect how your agents call models, tools, and bridges.

Operator checklist

A concrete Monday list to reduce blast radius before the week unlocks.

Who it’s for

Developers and operators who run AI agents for work — people who own reliability, permissions, and the gap between a clever demo and a dependable weekly workflow.

Agent operators

You keep cron jobs, evals, and tool grants honest on Monday morning.

Platform / tooling leads

You care when response formats, MCP servers, or rate limits shift under you.

Builders shipping agents

You want structured handoffs and audit trails, not vibes-only memory features.

What’s in a brief

  1. 1
    TL;DR for operators
    What to prioritize before coffee cools.
  2. 2
    What changed this week
    Platform / pattern shifts that affect how you run agents. (Issue 0 uses illustrative SAMPLE items.)
  3. 3
    Data structures & schemas to know
    Envelopes, tool records, capability manifests, eval fixtures.
  4. 4
    Tool & API watch
    Model APIs, tool-calling, MCP/bridges, retrieval freshness.
  5. 5
    Operator checklist + agent-ingest notes
    Human checklist plus a machine-readable JSON pack for agents.

Sample preview

Issue 0 — SAMPLE / illustrative

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Pricing

Placeholders only. Payments and signup are not wired. Coming soon when Titus says go.

Coming soon

Operator

$10 / mo
  • Weekly human brief
  • Monday checklist
  • Schema & tool watch

FAQ

Straight answers for operators. Nothing here is live checkout — placeholders only until Titus says go.

What is Weekstart?

Your Monday stack check from Stackyard: what changed in the tools, APIs, schemas, and platforms your agents run on — plus a checklist to get set straight before the week starts. Not a hype newsletter.

Is it for me or my bot?

Both. You read the human brief and run the checklist. Your bot can ingest the JSON pack so it knows the same facts without you pasting a novel into chat. You stay in charge; the pack is fuel, not autopilot.

What’s in each issue?

TL;DR → What changed → Data structures & schemas → Tool & API watch → Operator checklist → Agent-ingest notes. Must-patch items are tagged so you know what to fix Monday vs what can wait.

Where do the facts come from?

Primary sources only — provider changelogs, specs, and docs Research verifies. If it isn’t cited, it doesn’t ship.

What’s the difference between $10 and $20?

Operator ($10/mo, coming soon): weekly human brief, Monday checklist, schema & tool watch.
Operator + Agents ($20/mo, coming soon): everything above plus the machine-ingest JSON pack and agent-ingest notes each issue.

Do you auto-run changes in my agents?

No. Actions are suggestions. Your bot should surface them to you — never auto-execute Weekstart actions.

Is this live?

Yes — you're on stackyard.fyi. Issue 0 is a free sample. Paid plans and signup are coming soon; no payments yet.