I Built 3 Tools to Stop My AI from Being a Yes-Man (and forgetting everything)

The author built three Python tools to address structural problems with AI coding assistants: Self-Guard (a PreResponse hook that detects sycophancy, passive deferral, and ask-instead-of-do patterns), Memory GC (a lifecycle manager that adds TTL, deduplication, and garbage collection to AI memories), and Pitfall Tracker (a systematic mistake tracker with escalation logic). These tools enforce behavior through code rather than prompts, which tend to get ignored after context compression.