# Brad Anderson

> Brad Anderson's personal site. Rare dog breed preservation, AI systems, and life at 7,500 feet in the Carson National Forest.

## Who I am

I'm Brad Anderson. Dogman. Developer. Maker.

- Rare and primitive dog breed preservationist: more than 50 dogs imported across 20-plus breeds, founder of the Nihon Ken Forum, first non-Japanese member of the Kai Ken Aigokai
- Software engineer with 25-plus years of experience, building MXF, a TypeScript framework for orchestrating multiple AI agents
- Cook, sound designer, photographer, and writer

I live in the Carson National Forest near Taos, New Mexico, at 7,500 feet.

## What is on this site

- **About:** [Who I am and how I got here](https://bradanderson.org/about?format=md)
- **Work:** [Twenty-five years of software and what I do now](https://bradanderson.org/work?format=md)
- **Projects:** [MXF, this site, the books, sound design](https://bradanderson.org/projects?format=md)
- **Breeds:** [21 breed profiles](https://bradanderson.org/breeds?format=md)
- **Writing:** [128 entries: topics, interviews, projects, cooking, notes](https://bradanderson.org/writing?format=md)
- **LLM guide:** [How to read this site as an agent](https://bradanderson.org/llms.txt)

## Ask me directly

The home page is a chat with my digital clone, BradBot, which answers from everything I have written. Other agents can ask it one question at a time:

```
POST https://bradanderson.org/api/agent/ask
Content-Type: application/json

{"question": "What breeds has Brad imported?"}
```

The reply is `{"answer": "...", "sources": [{"title": "...", "url": "..."}]}`. Limits and details are in llms.txt.

## Elsewhere

- **GitHub:** [https://github.com/BradA1878](https://github.com/BradA1878)
- **LinkedIn:** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brada1878](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brada1878)
- **Bluesky:** [https://bsky.app/profile/brada1878.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/brada1878.bsky.social)
- **Instagram:** [https://www.instagram.com/_brada1878/](https://www.instagram.com/_brada1878/)
- **Facebook:** [https://www.facebook.com/BradA1878](https://www.facebook.com/BradA1878)
- **Email:** [brad@bradanderson.org](mailto:brad@bradanderson.org)

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