Open-source developer and Network & Systems Engineer in Tampa, FL, working where cybersecurity, network observability, and AI infrastructure meet. Retired chef of 17 years, now building SOC tooling, MCP servers, and multi-agent workflows that run on real production gear, not toy demos. I write about it at solomonneas.dev/blog.

• 👨‍👧 Father, retired chef of 17 years (the kitchen brigade behind Escoffier Labs), and beach lover in Tampa, FL.
• 📜 M.S. Cybersecurity Intelligence & Information Security at USF.
• 🗣️ Ask me about Proxmox, MCP servers, OpenClaw, and open-source SOC.
• ⚙️ Believer in open source, dogfooding, and writing it down.
• 🫶 If my work helped you, buy me a coffee or tip on Ko-fi.
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Harness-agnostic agent infrastructure, named for the chef who systematized the kitchen brigade. Tools that get your agents into mise en place and keep them there.

• brigade - the flagship: local operator layer for agent memory, tools, and release, merged into each tool's native config with a review gate.
• skillet - agent skills suite: repo audits, bug hunts, security sweeps, and releases.
• cloche - agent-neutral desktop capture with metadata, stable JSON, and optional MCP.
• mise-en-scene - turns source material into interactive HTML/SVG technical explainers.
• code-search-api - local semantic code search with Ollama embeddings and hybrid search.
• solos-cookbook - how one engineer runs a 24/7 multi-agent AI stack on bare metal.

→ Full catalog: 19 tools at github.com/escoffier-labs

Open-source SOC, network, and homelab tooling for MCP clients and AI-assisted operations. Constant vigilance: local-first tools shaped around real systems queried under pressure.

• cutsheet - the flagship: network change intelligence that watches device configs and tells you what changed.
• soc-stack - full open-source SOC architecture: MCP servers, detection pipelines, and playbooks.
• wazuh-mcp - Wazuh SIEM/XDR: alerts, agents, vulnerabilities, and rules.
• mitre-mcp - MITRE ATT&CK mapping, group profiling, and detection-gap analysis.
• watchtower - NOC dashboard with interactive topology and LibreNMS/Proxmox integration.
• proxmox-mcp - Proxmox VE inventory and safe-write VM, container, and node operations.

→ Full catalog: 25 tools at github.com/lidless-labs

A few tools under my personal account:

• postiz-mcp - Postiz MCP server with full public-API coverage, env-gated writes, and a rate-limit guard.
• reelgrep - local video search with ffprobe metadata and Whisper transcription.
• deckctl - declarative Stream Deck driver with YAML config, hot reload, and OBS integration.
• obsctl - kubectl-style multi-host wrapper for managing OBS Studio over the LAN.
• canvas-cli - read-only Canvas LMS CLI that needs no API token.
• canvas-digest - daily digest of your Canvas LMS: what's due, what changed, what was graded, and new announcements.
• gradtrack - config-driven graduation and ePortfolio progress tracker with a single-pane status site.

→ More at github.com/solomonneas

• 💰 How I Migrated 6 Servers from VMware to Proxmox and Saved $343K
• 🛡️ Building an Open-Source SOC
• 🧩 I Built 7 MCP Servers for Security Tools. The Protocol Was the Easy Part.
• 📡 A Fiber Cut at 2 PM Taught Me Why I Needed to Build Watchtower
• 🤖 Anthropic Broke My OpenClaw Stack. GPT 5.4 Put It Back Together

More at solomonneas.dev/blog.