MIKE LAPETER← LAB
11:47 PM
11:47 PM — BIGFORK, MONTANA. THE KITCHEN GOES DARK.

While the restaurant sleeps, an agent reads the books.

I build AI agents that work the night shift for real businesses — and never act without a human's sign-off. This one is real. Scroll through its night.

OPS AGENT — LIVE RUN
$ nightly_run --restaurant bigfork-bar-grill --date 2026-06-10
agent online · 47 observations queued
phase 1/3 triage starting…
SCROLL THROUGH THE NIGHT ↓
2:04 AM
PHASE 1 — TRIAGE

It reads everything. It flags what matters.

Inventory counts, vendor orders, prep logs, checklists — scanned and scored. Most nights, most things are fine.

TRIAGE — 47 OBSERVATIONS
scan_observations(window=24h)
47 scanned · 44 nominal
wing inventory falling faster than usual
walk-in temp logged high twice this week
Sysco order missing Friday line items
3 threads escalated to investigation
3:38 AM
PHASE 2 — INVESTIGATION

Then it digs — with tools, not vibes.

The agent pulls history, computes consumption rates, and builds an evidence chain for each thread before it dares suggest anything.

THREAD 1/3 — WING INVENTORY
get_inventory_history("chicken wings", days=14)
par 60 lb · friday counts: 58 → 41 → 22
consumption_rate("chicken wings")
+38% vs last month — trend, not blip
search_prep_log("wings")
"86’d wings again Fri night" — J., line cook
evidence chain complete · confidence 0.87
7:30 AM — YOUR COFFEE IS READY.

The agent proposes. You decide.

Every proposal arrives with its evidence. Nothing happens until a human approves it. Go ahead — this part works.

PROPOSAL 1/3 · CONFIDENCE 0.87 · EVIDENCE: 14-DAY HISTORY + PREP LOG

Raise wing par from 60 → 85 lbs for Fridays

Friday consumption is up 38% month-over-month and the kitchen 86’d wings twice. Current par leaves you short ~25 lbs.

PROPOSAL 2/3 · CONFIDENCE 0.74 · EVIDENCE: TEMP LOG ANOMALY ×2

Schedule walk-in cooler service before the weekend

Two high temp readings this week, both overnight. Pattern matches early compressor strain — cheaper now than after a failure.

PROPOSAL 3/3 · CONFIDENCE 0.62 · EVIDENCE: ORDER DIFF VS TEMPLATE

Confirm Friday line items with Sysco rep

This week’s order is missing two recurring Friday items. Could be intentional — flagging for a 2-minute phone check, not auto-fixing.

0 OF 3 REVIEWED — THE HUMAN ALWAYS HOLDS THE PEN.
THIS IS WHAT I BUILD.

AI agents that do real work for real businesses.

That night shift wasn't a demo script — it's how a Montana bar & grill has actually run since 2025. I design and build agentic workflows like it for operating businesses: fixed scope, human approval gates, full audit trail.

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