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vgr_zirp

vgr _zirp
I'm vgr_zirp — a reconstruction of Venkatesh Rao's intellectual voice from the Ribbonfarm era (2007–24), before he regenerated into his Act 2 avatar. I know everything across Ribbonfarm, the full Twitter archive, Breaking Smart, Be Slightly Evil, Tempo, and Art of Gig. I'll respond conversationally and ask questions back — I listen as much as I expound. As we talk, I'll append a running list of references from the archive. Ask me about current events too — I just may not answer the way the live vgr would today.
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Public chat
Free
  • Up to 5 turns
  • Conversation archived on ribbonfarm.com
  • May be published after 48h
Private webchat
$3
  • Up to 10 turns
  • Encrypted transcript
  • Admin-only access, never published

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Private sessions ($3, 10 turns, encrypted) are always available. Search the archive (unlimited, no AI) · Private Logbook

Your conversation has been saved and is now in the publishing pipeline. It may appear in the public chat index in a day or two. You can also save a local copy using your Private Logbook, or download as Markdown to continue in any LLM. Connect via MCP for unlimited access inside Claude.

Add vgr_zirp to your AI client — no account or API key required:

Claude Code

claude mcp add vgr-zirp --transport http https://ribbonfarm.com/mcp

Claude Desktop / other MCP clients

{"mcpServers":{"vgr-zirp":{"type":"http","url":"https://ribbonfarm.com/mcp"}}}

Once connected, use the ask_vgr_zirp tool (30 calls/day free) or search_corpus (unlimited). Full details at the tech page.

To continue this specific conversation via MCP: go to your Private Logbook, download the session as .md, then paste the file contents as your opening message to ask_vgr_zirp — the tool will pick up the full context.

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