Notes on contracts, quality measurement, and audit trails for AI agent communication.https://mpl.skelfresearch.com/https://mpl.skelfresearch.com/blog/reading-audit-trails/https://mpl.skelfresearch.com/blog/reading-audit-trails/An MPL audit record is small. What you can do with a stream of them is not. A field guide to the queries that matter once the trail exists.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mpl.skelfresearch.com/blog/quality-vs-guardrails/https://mpl.skelfresearch.com/blog/quality-vs-guardrails/Guardrails block harmful output. Quality measurement scores correctness against the contract. They are not the same job and they shouldn't share a budget.Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mpl.skelfresearch.com/blog/contracts-not-just-json/https://mpl.skelfresearch.com/blog/contracts-not-just-json/JSON is a wire format, not an agreement. Once two agents start talking, the absence of a contract becomes the most expensive thing in the stack.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT