I'm Katie Parrott. I make stuff with words.

Essays, apps, and agents—because words are magic.

I obsess over AI and work at Every, build small tools for writers and editors, and try to figure out how technology changes how work feels by sharing how it is changing how it feels to me.

What I'm Working On

Writing, testing, and building at the edge of AI and knowledge work.

Every

Staff writer · Frontier Team

I write, test, and build with AI, then report what works for me so others can decide what works for them.

The Curiosity Gap

Personal essays

Longer, weirder, more confessional. The writing that does not fit anywhere else.

Selected Essays

Changelog

Compound Writing is out

I turned my AI writing process into a plugin for Claude Code and Codex, and wrote a guide to making it your own. It helps with the work between the first idea and the piece you’re ready to share.

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Vibe Check: Fable 5.1—Anthropic Is So Back (Again)

A faster, easier-to-talk-to Fable, with strong writing and coding results—and a habit of overrunning the brief. Our team tested where it earns a place in the workday and where to keep another model nearby.

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I Tried the AI Model Built to Fix AI Writing

I tested a model designed to escape the familiar patterns of AI prose. Less predictable writing turned out to be a different goal from better writing.

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I Vibe Coded a Security Risk

On task crossover, the illusion of explanatory depth, and why just because you can doesn't mean you should.

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Compound Writing can spot a buried lede now

BLUF—bottom line up front—checks whether the most important idea in a piece shows up where it best serves the reader. It compares what the opening promises with what the draft actually delivers, then recommends the smallest move that gets the point into the right place without bulldozing a good hook, scene, or joke.