chaitanyagiri · Oct 30, 2026
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     },
     "youtube": []
   },
+  "agent-tools-today-2026-10-30": {
+    "title": "Agent Tools Today, 30 Oct 2026: Mistral Large 4 Weights, Claude Code 2.1.314, Herdr App",
+    "category": "news",
+    "hero": {
+      "file": "assets/media/agent-tools-today/hero.png",
+      "alt": "Hand drawn sketch: a front page with five numbered lines, a clock, and a yellow character reading it out",
+      "prompt": "Series hero for the Agent Tools Today daily brief, drawn in code (media-src/topic-tiles.html?t=news). Reused by every brief.",
+      "status": "ready"
+    },
+    "inline": {},
+    "youtube": []
+  },
+  "what-is-instinct-ai": {
+    "title": "What Is Instinct AI? Access, Privacy and 6 Alternatives You Can Use Now (Oct 2026)",
+    "category": "concepts",
+    "hero": {
+      "file": "assets/media/what-is-instinct-ai/hero.png",
+      "alt": "Title card on white. What is Instinct AI? in large ink type, a Concepts pill, the line Private beta, plus 6 alternatives, Checked 30 Oct 2026, and three small chat bubbles",
+      "prompt": "Still of the hero scene in assets/media/what-is-instinct-ai/motion.js.",
+      "status": "ready"
+    },
+    "inline": {}
+  },
+  "meta-muse-alternatives": {
+    "title": "Meta Muse Alternatives: 7 Picks If Muse Isn't in Your Country or You Want Your Data Back (Oct 2026)",
+    "category": "comparisons",
+    "hero": {
+      "file": "assets/media/meta-muse-alternatives/hero.png",
+      "alt": "Title card on white. Meta Muse alternatives in large ink type, a Comparisons pill, the line 7 picks, open source and hosted, Checked 30 Oct 2026, and a small compass",
+      "prompt": "Still of the hero scene in assets/media/meta-muse-alternatives/motion.js.",
+      "status": "ready"
+    },
+    "inline": {}
+  },
   "the-hook-shim-pattern": {
     "title": "The Hook Shim Pattern: Wiring Agent Hooks to a Live Process",
     "category": "internals",

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+/* Bright coded scene for "Agent tools today, 30 Oct 2026". Pairs with motion.js. */
+.prose figure.mg { margin: 42px 0; }
+.prose figure.mg img, .mg .mg-svg { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; border: 1px solid #1A1320; border-radius: 18px; background: #fff; }
+.mg figcaption { font: 500 13px/1.5 "Space Grotesk", system-ui, sans-serif; color: #6B5878; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center; }
+.mg .mg-svg { touch-action: manipulation; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; }
+.mg .mg-svg text { -webkit-user-select: none; user-select: none; pointer-events: none; }
+.mg .mg-hit { cursor: pointer; outline: none; }
+.mg [role="slider"] { cursor: grab; touch-action: none; }
+.mg .mg-ring { stroke-opacity: 0; transition: stroke-opacity 0.15s; }
+.mg .mg-hit:focus-visible .mg-ring { stroke-opacity: 1; }
+.mg [role="slider"]:focus-visible circle:nth-child(2) { stroke-width: 5; }
+@media (hover: hover) { .mg .mg-hit:hover .mg-ring { stroke-opacity: 0.5; } }
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .mg .mg-ring { transition: none; } }
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+/* Bright coded scene for "Agent tools today, 30 Oct 2026". Vanilla JS, no library.
+   <figure class="mg" data-scene="NAME"> holds a still image; this script swaps in a live SVG.
+   Plays only in view, honours reduced motion, "?mgstill" freezes each scene on its still frame. */
+(() => {
+  const NS = "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";
+  const INK = "#1A1320", YEL = "#FFCA54", BLUE = "#6C8EF5", LIL = "#B69CFF", MINT = "#7FD8AE", SKY = "#9AD8FF", SOFT = "#F1ECF9", MUTE = "#7A6A88";
+  const SANS = '"Space Grotesk", system-ui, sans-serif', MONO = '"JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, monospace';
+  const el = (t, a = {}, p) => { const n = document.createElementNS(NS, t); for (const k in a) n.setAttribute(k, a[k]); if (p) p.appendChild(n); return n; };
+  const txt = (p, x, y, s, a = {}) => { const n = el("text", Object.assign({ x, y, "font-family": SANS, "font-size": 24, "font-weight": 600, fill: INK }, a), p); n.textContent = s; return n; };
+  const cl = (v, a = 0, b = 1) => Math.max(a, Math.min(b, v));
+  const seg = (t, a, b) => cl((t - a) / (b - a));
+  const oc = (x) => 1 - Math.pow(1 - x, 3);
+  const ob = (x) => { const c = 1.70158; return 1 + (c + 1) * Math.pow(x - 1, 3) + c * Math.pow(x - 1, 2); };
+  const io = (x) => (x < 0.5 ? 4 * x * x * x : 1 - Math.pow(-2 * x + 2, 3) / 2);
+  const tf = (n, x, y, s = 1, r = 0) => n.setAttribute("transform", `translate(${x} ${y}) rotate(${r}) scale(${s})`);
+  const button = (g, label, fn) => {
+    g.setAttribute("role", "button"); g.setAttribute("tabindex", "0"); g.setAttribute("aria-label", label); g.classList.add("mg-hit");
+    g.addEventListener("click", fn);
+    g.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => { if (e.key === "Enter" || e.key === " ") { e.preventDefault(); fn(); } });
+  };
+  const strip = (svg, y, w = 680) => {
+    el("rect", { x: (800 - w) / 2, y, width: w, height: 48, rx: 24, fill: SOFT }, svg);
+    return txt(svg, 400, y + 31, "", { "text-anchor": "middle", "font-size": 20, "font-weight": 500 });
+  };
+
+  const SC = {};
+
+  /* ---- three envelopes drop into a mail sorting rack ---- */
+  SC.sorter = {
+    dur: 8.5, still: 7,
+    build(svg, api) {
+      const X0 = 48, DW = 16, S = (704 - 4 * DW) / 3, EW = 196, EH = 250, TOP = 270, OUT = 180;
+      const MAIL = [
+        ["Mistral", "Large 4", "Weights out", SKY],
+        ["Claude Code", "2.1.314", "Write guard", LIL],
+        ["Herdr", "", "Desktop app", MINT],
+      ];
+      const root = el("g", { transform: "translate(0 -64)" }, svg);
+      const grain = (d, p) => el("path", { d, stroke: "#fff", "stroke-opacity": 0.6, "stroke-width": 2.5, fill: "none", "stroke-linecap": "round" }, p);
+      el("ellipse", { cx: 400, cy: 560, rx: 370, ry: 10, fill: SOFT }, root);
+      el("rect", { x: X0 + 8, y: 216, width: 688, height: 316, rx: 10, fill: SOFT, stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 3 }, root);
+      for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        const x = X0 + i * (S + DW);
+        el("rect", { x, y: 196, width: DW, height: 336, rx: 8, fill: YEL, stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 3 }, root);
+        grain(`M${x + 8} 214 V300 M${x + 8} 330 V440`, root);
+      }
+      const layer = el("g", {}, root);
+      el("rect", { x: 40, y: 454, width: 720, height: 78, rx: 12, fill: YEL, stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 3 }, root);
+      grain("M72 476 C200 468 330 486 460 476 S660 468 728 478", root);
+      grain("M120 506 C260 498 380 514 520 506 S640 500 690 506", root);
+      el("ellipse", { cx: 600, cy: 492, rx: 14, ry: 5, fill: "none", stroke: "#fff", "stroke-opacity": 0.6, "stroke-width": 2.5 }, root);
+      el("rect", { x: 28, y: 526, width: 744, height: 20, rx: 10, fill: YEL, stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 3 }, root);
+      const env = MAIL.map(([a, b, tag, col], i) => {
+        const g = el("g", {}, layer);
+        el("rect", { x: -8, y: -8, width: EW + 16, height: EH + 16, rx: 16, fill: "none", stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 2.5, "stroke-dasharray": "6 6", class: "mg-ring" }, g);
+        el("rect", { width: EW, height: EH, rx: 10, fill: "#fff", stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 3 }, g);
+        el("path", { d: `M4 5 L${EW / 2} 52 L${EW - 4} 5`, stroke: MUTE, "stroke-width": 2.5, fill: "none", "stroke-linejoin": "round", "stroke-linecap": "round" }, g);
+        const name = { "text-anchor": "middle", "font-family": MONO, "font-size": 24, "font-weight": 700 };
+        if (b) { txt(g, EW / 2, 92, a, name); txt(g, EW / 2, 120, b, name); } else txt(g, EW / 2, 106, a, name);
+        const chip = el("rect", { y: 138, height: 34, rx: 17, fill: col, stroke: INK, "stroke-width": 2.5 }, g);
+        const tt = txt(g, EW / 2, 161, tag, { "text-anchor": "middle", "font-size": 19, "font-weight": 600 });
+        const w = (tt.getComputedTextLength() || 110) + 32;
+        chip.setAttribute("x", EW / 2 - w / 2); chip.setAttribute("width", w);
+        const st = { out: false, at: -99 };
+        button(g, `${b ? a + " " + b : a}, ${tag}`, () => {
+          st.out = !st.out; st.at = api.calm ? -99 : api.now(); g.setAttribute("aria-pressed", st.out);
+          if (api.calm) api.redraw(); else api.poke();
+        });
+        g.setAttribute("aria-pressed", "false");
+        return { g, st, x: X0 + DW + i * (S + DW) + (S - EW) / 2, d: 0.5 + i * 1.4, r: [-7, 6, -5][i] };
+      });
+      return (t, now) => {
+        const fade = 1 - seg(t, 7.6, 8.2);
+        env.forEach((e) => {
+          const k = seg(t, e.d, e.d + 0.75), bump = Math.sin(seg(t, e.d + 0.75, e.d + 1.05) * Math.PI);
+          const p = io(seg(now - e.st.at, 0, 0.55)), slide = e.st.out ? -OUT * p : -OUT * (1 - p);
+          const y = TOP - 620 * (1 - k * k) - 14 * bump + slide, r = e.r * (1 - k) + e.r * 0.25 * bump;
+          e.g.setAttribute("transform", `translate(${e.x + EW / 2} ${y + EH / 2}) rotate(${r}) translate(${-EW / 2} ${-EH / 2})`);
+          e.g.setAttribute("opacity", t < e.d ? 0 : fade);
+        });
+      };
+    },
+  };
+
+  /* ---- player ---- */
+  const q = new URLSearchParams(location.search), frozen = q.has("mgstill"), fixed = parseFloat(q.get("mgstill"));
+  const calm = matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches;
+  const mount = (fig) => {
+    const sc = SC[fig.dataset.scene], img = fig.querySelector("img"); if (!sc || !img) return;
+    const W = sc.w || 800, H = sc.h || 600;
+    const svg = el("svg", { viewBox: `0 0 ${W} ${H}`, class: "mg-svg", role: "group", "aria-label": img.alt || "" });
+    svg.style.aspectRatio = `${W} / ${H}`;
+    el("rect", { width: W, height: H, fill: "#fff" }, svg);
+    img.replaceWith(svg);
+    let off = 0, raf = 0, seen = false, held = calm;
+    const base = performance.now(), clock = () => (performance.now() - base) / 1000;
+    let draw = () => {};
+    const frame = () => { const now = clock(); draw(held ? sc.still : (((now + off) % sc.dur) + sc.dur) % sc.dur, now); };
+    const tick = () => { cancelAnimationFrame(raf); frame(); if (seen && !held) raf = requestAnimationFrame(tick); };
+    const api = { calm, redraw: () => frame(), now: clock, seek: (s) => { off = s - clock(); held = false; tick(); }, poke: () => { held = false; tick(); } };
+    draw = sc.build(svg, api);
+    if (frozen) { draw(isNaN(fixed) ? sc.still : fixed, 0); return; }
+    new IntersectionObserver(([e]) => {
+      seen = e.isIntersecting;
+      if (seen) { tick(); if (!fig.dataset.sent && window.posthog) { fig.dataset.sent = 1; window.posthog.capture("blog_scene_view", { slug: location.pathname.split("/").filter(Boolean).pop(), scene: fig.dataset.scene }); } }
+      else cancelAnimationFrame(raf);
+    }, { threshold: 0.25 }).observe(fig);
+    svg.addEventListener("click", () => { if (!fig.dataset.hit && window.posthog) { fig.dataset.hit = 1; window.posthog.capture("blog_scene_interact", { slug: location.pathname.split("/").filter(Boolean).pop(), scene: fig.dataset.scene }); } });
+    frame();
+  };
+  const go = () => document.querySelectorAll("figure.mg[data-scene]").forEach(mount);
+  const fonts = document.fonts && document.fonts.load ? Promise.all([document.fonts.load('700 32px "Space Grotesk"'), document.fonts.load('500 20px "Space Grotesk"'), document.fonts.load('700 20px "JetBrains Mono"')]).catch(() => {}) : Promise.resolve();
+  const start = () => fonts.then(go, go);
+  if (document.readyState === "loading") document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", start); else start();
+})();
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+/* Bright coded scenes for "Meta Muse alternatives". Pairs with motion.js. */
+.prose figure.mg { margin: 42px 0; }
+.prose figure.mg img, .mg .mg-svg { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; border: 1px solid #1A1320; border-radius: 18px; background: #fff; }
+.mg figcaption { font: 500 13px/1.5 "Space Grotesk", system-ui, sans-serif; color: #6B5878; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center; }
+.mg .mg-svg { touch-action: manipulation; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; }
+.mg .mg-svg text { -webkit-user-select: none; user-select: none; pointer-events: none; }
+.mg .mg-hit { cursor: pointer; outline: none; }
+.mg [role="slider"] { cursor: grab; touch-action: none; }
+.mg .mg-ring { stroke-opacity: 0; transition: stroke-opacity 0.15s; }
+.mg .mg-hit:focus-visible .mg-ring { stroke-opacity: 1; }
+.mg [role="slider"]:focus-visible circle:nth-child(2) { stroke-width: 5; }
+@media (hover: hover) { .mg .mg-hit:hover .mg-ring { stroke-opacity: 0.5; } }
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .mg .mg-ring { transition: none; } }