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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. You get 8 turns here; use Download .md anytime to continue in any LLM, or connect via MCP for unlimited access inside Claude. 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.

Eight turns is a taste. Use Download .md above to continue in any LLM with full context, or connect via MCP for unlimited access directly inside Claude Code or Claude Desktop.

Optional: You can share this chat privately with Venkat to help improve the bot, or publish publicly to benefit other archive users, using the Share / Publish button below.

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: click Download .md above, then paste the file contents as your opening message to ask_vgr_zirp — the tool will pick up the full context.

No LLM required — search the full archive for semantic search across all corpora, no turn limits.