The Trail blog https://usetrail.dev/blog/ Field notes on working with AI coding agents. en Beads Is Excellent Until Two People Need the Same Board https://usetrail.dev/blog/beads-vs-hosted-tracker-local-first-limits/ https://usetrail.dev/blog/beads-vs-hosted-tracker-local-first-limits/ Beads is free and Dolt-backed, not JSONL, and its embedded mode locks writes to one process. Here is where that stops covering a real team. Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0300 What the EU AI Act Actually Asks You to Record About AI-Written Code https://usetrail.dev/blog/eu-ai-act-ai-code-record-keeping/ https://usetrail.dev/blog/eu-ai-act-ai-code-record-keeping/ The high-risk deadline moved from 2 August 2026 to 2 December 2027, but SOC 2 auditors and Annex IV still want proof of who wrote each change. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0300 Issue Trackers Built for AI Coding Agents, Compared https://usetrail.dev/blog/agent-native-issue-trackers-compared/ https://usetrail.dev/blog/agent-native-issue-trackers-compared/ Beads, Task Master, Backlog.md, Vibe Kanban, CCPM, Hiveship and Trail compared on storage, memory, authorship and team visibility, weaknesses included. Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0300 CLAUDE.md vs AGENTS.md vs GEMINI.md: One Project, Three Agents https://usetrail.dev/blog/claude-md-vs-agents-md-vs-gemini-md/ https://usetrail.dev/blog/claude-md-vs-agents-md-vs-gemini-md/ CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, and GEMINI.md compared field by field - location, hierarchy, size limits, who writes to each, and how to keep one source of truth. Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0300 Running One Coding Agent Across Six Client Repos Without Context Bleed https://usetrail.dev/blog/multiple-repos-ai-agent-context-bleed/ https://usetrail.dev/blog/multiple-repos-ai-agent-context-bleed/ Cross-project context bleed has three mechanical causes. The one-folder-one-project rule, the monorepo exception, and a four-minute Monday routine. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0300 How to Stop Your Coding Agent From Making the Same Mistake Twice https://usetrail.dev/blog/stop-ai-agent-repeating-the-same-mistake/ https://usetrail.dev/blog/stop-ai-agent-repeating-the-same-mistake/ Coding agents start every session blank, so Tuesday's hard-won fix gets undone on Thursday. Write the gotcha where the next session will read it first. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0300 todo.md Works Until the Third Session https://usetrail.dev/blog/todo-md-doesnt-survive-claude-code-sessions/ https://usetrail.dev/blog/todo-md-doesnt-survive-claude-code-sessions/ The hand-maintained todo.md workflow breaks four specific ways across Claude Code sessions: rewrites, false checkmarks, no history, and compaction loss. Thu, 28 May 2026 09:00:00 -0300 Your CLAUDE.md Is Too Long and Claude Is Quietly Ignoring Half of It https://usetrail.dev/blog/claude-md-too-long-agent-ignores-rules/ https://usetrail.dev/blog/claude-md-too-long-agent-ignores-rules/ CLAUDE.md stops working past about 200 lines. What to keep in it, what to move to skills and hooks, and a five-minute test for which lines still land. Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 -0300