Bolstering Claude Code: A Personal Development Environment Configuration Guide

Introduction This guide walks through my personal Claude Code configuration, enhanced with multiple Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that integrate with various tools and data sources. While this represents my specific setup, it’s designed to be adaptable for any developer who wants to boost their AI-assisted development workflows. Yes, it was authored largely by Claude, but reviewed by me. What You’ll Learn How to configure Claude Code for enterprise use Setting up essential MCPs (Memory, Filesystem, Tavily) Integrating enterprise-specific MCPs (Atlassian, cloud cost management) Practical examples of using MCPs together for real workflows My dotfiles and configuration management approach with YADM Prerequisites Claude Code installed (official installation guide) Basic terminal/command-line proficiency Node.js/npm installed (for some MCPs) Part 1: Claude Code Installation & Configuration Installing Claude Code # Install Claude Code via npm npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code If you’re using an enterprise LLM gateway or proxy, add the following to your shell configuration (e.g., ~/.zshrc): ...

December 1, 2025 · Andrew Bolster

Jupyter Environment Management for Dummies

This is another one of those “I kept googling the same thing over and over again” things that needed a post, except this time I made an issue to make a post and then started to repeatedly refer to that. TL;DR When you want to spin up an experimental environment and get it tied in to your Jupyter environment of choice (I actually quite like JupyterLab Desktop these days…), you need two steps. ...

January 17, 2024 · Andrew Bolster

Generative Adversarial Procrastination

TL:DR “Don’t worry about being a procrastinator, just make sure that your procrastinations are worthwhile.” There’s an implicit irony in this post that I’ve been thinking / talking about writing it for at least 6 months, and it finally came down to a tweet to force me to do it. Fun fact, in the time it took for me to write this procrastination post, the twitter poll changed, so I guess I gotta delete it all and play Satisfactory now? ...

November 26, 2021 · Andrew Bolster

Stuff I've found interesting in the past month - 23/09/2010

Segway Olympics - prototype run Segway Olympics - prototype run European Parliament All But Rejects ACTA My First Place On HGTV: How to Spend Your Next Thirty Years House Poor BugMeNot Lite Now Provides Anonymous Login Credentials in Chrome [Downloads] 10 fresh and lite jquery content sliders for web applications EEVblog #108 – Amazon Kindle 3 3G/WiFi Review Cyber-Offence is the New Cyber-Defense SweetSearch Finds Credible Research Sources for Students [Research] ...

September 23, 2010 · Andrew Bolster

Stuff I've found interesting in the past month - 23/07/2010

Google Doc Mount Puts Your Google Docs in Nautilus for Editing [Downloads] Google PhD Fellowships go international Use Chrome like a pro Android Development 101 – Part 1:Hello World Rachel Maddow’s Blonde Yearbook Picture [Most Likely To Succeed] App Inventor for Android MultiBootISOs Boots Multiple Operating Systems from a USB Drive [Downloads] - Well, thats my monday afternoon sorted… I’ve been looking for just this sort of tool for weeks; drop in an ISO and it’ll work! Love it! ...

July 23, 2010 · Andrew Bolster

Shared Items - 28/04/2010

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April 28, 2010 · Andrew Bolster

Shared Items - 14/04/2010

Ubuntu Server 9.04 Bacula Bweb GUI 8 useful code snippets to get started with WordPress 3.0 ToDoo Tracks Your To-Do List Triumphs and Failures [Downloads] Two Useful Google Chrome Extensions for SEO Guys Intel To Ship 48-Core Test Sytems To Researchers Savevideo.me Downloads Video From YouTube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, and More [Ripping] Tagxedo Generates Stunning Custom Word Clouds [Text] What’s Brand? Getting Started with Banner Advertisements How To Stop An Ethical Hacker Breaking Into Your WordPress Site ...

April 14, 2010 · Andrew Bolster

New Productivity Mantra

Check Email / Twitter / Facebook / et-al for 10 minutes every 3 hours (10/1/4) Focus on 1-3 activites / fixes / waypoint actions a day Keep a Log of those actions Obviously this only applies to my working life :D Original

March 1, 2009 · Andrew Bolster

Big Move

Well, I’ve finally joined the washed masses in actually having my own domain. Lovely new years deal from DreamHost. 10 bucks for 2 years, brilliant. Thanks Lifehacker Anyway, hope it all goes well. Also, merry christmas and a happy new year to all. I got an XBox 360, and will eventually do a little write up on making it talk to my My Book World Edition

January 3, 2009 · Andrew Bolster

My conkyrc

Contents (what you get out of this) Weather, HDDtemp, UL/DL speed and cumulative meters, CPU load, Folding@Home status, Remote transmission download status (could be local, easy change), gmail status, RAM usage, Uptime, Date/Time, ToDo list These all automatically update dependant on the execi variable. Preface (What you need to get this all working) Linux OS (Ubuntu?) Conky (obv, see someone elses guide for how to get that HINT synaptic is ur friend) Transmission download manager (local or remote) Folding at home installed with origami (could be local or remote using the same logic as the Transmission manager) Passwordless SSH authentication (if your using this with any remote hosts) A todo list on the desktop called todo (strange that…) ...

October 27, 2008 · Andrew Bolster