One Place for All of It
The Dollhouse Research blog is now the hub for writing across every project, with each project site keeping its own blog for its own posts.
Blog
This is the writing hub for everything we build at Dollhouse Research. Posts from DollhouseMCP, MCP-AQL, AILIS, Elemental Surveys, and the projects still in the workshop all get indexed here, each one tagged with its project. Some posts live on this site, some live on the project sites… either way, this is the one page where you can see all of it. Follow everything with the RSS feed.
All Posts
The Security Model Behind DollhouseMCP
How DollhouseMCP approaches trust and safety for agentic AI, from element validation to the layers that keep customization from becoming a liability.
Welcome to Dollhouse Research and DollhouseMCP 2.0
A launch note on Dollhouse Research, DollhouseMCP 2.0, customizable building blocks for AI, and why MCP-AQL matters.
A Tour of the DollhouseMCP Console
A walkthrough of the DollhouseMCP web console, covering setup, portfolio management, and the security surfaces you can see and control.
Introducing Dollhouse Research
A practical introduction to Dollhouse Research and how the current projects fit together.
The Story Behind DollhouseMCP: From Prompt Envy to Vibe Tooling
The origin story, from a bad system for organizing prompts to an open platform for customizable AI elements.
Meta-Development: How DollhouseMCP Agents Built Their Own Documentation
A case study in agents documenting the platform they run on, and what that loop taught us about automation.
The 15-Minute Mystery: When AI Agents Chase Ghosts in CI/CD
An engineering story about AI agents debugging a CI failure that wasn't what it looked like, and the lessons that stuck.
Building DollhouseMCP from Anywhere: Our Mobile Development Workflow with Blink, tmux, and Claude Code
The mobile development setup that keeps the project moving from a phone, built on Blink, tmux, and Claude Code.
How We Fixed the "Server Disconnected" Error in Claude Desktop MCP Servers
A debugging walkthrough of the most common Claude Desktop MCP connection failure and the fix that shipped.
Project Blog Index
Dollhouse Research
Editorials, launch notes, and cross-project writing from the research organization itself.
DollhouseMCP
Platform writing on the console, security model, engineering stories, and development notes.
Collection
Collection updates will be indexed here as the catalog blog opens up.
MCP-AQL
Protocol writing and implementation notes, published here until MCPAQL.com grows its own blog.
AILIS
Research writing on AI system language, categories, and architecture, published here until the AILIS site grows its own blog.
Elemental Surveys
Survey research, stack design, and onboarding notes, published here until the Elemental Surveys site grows its own blog.
Merview
Writing on Markdown, Mermaid, and technical artifact review, published here as the project ships updates.
Research
Research Index
Published proposals, protocol research, and field notes in one place.