# Henry Carstens

Agent-friendly discovery index for https://hcarstens.github.io.

This site is a static Jekyll wiki about Henry Carstens' work in quantitative trading, Heuristic Algebra, AI reasoning scaffolds, macro forecasting, and related projects.

Guidance for agents:
- Prefer HTML pages under `/wiki/` for canonical public content.
- The site is static and does not require JavaScript for core content.
- Start with the overview and wiki index, then follow internal links to the most relevant pages.
- Core content is organized by experience, projects, concepts, achievements, skills, education, entities, and sources.

## Recommended Entry Points

- / — Home page and top-level navigation. Approx. 400 tokens.
- /wiki/overview/ — Concise professional overview. Approx. 700 tokens.
- /wiki/index/ — Full wiki index and page catalog. Approx. 900 tokens.

## High-Value Pages

- /wiki/concepts/heuristic-algebra/ — Formal system for composing reasoning, forecasting, and creativity scaffolds for LLMs. Includes the June 2026 Heuristics-to-Agent architecture: 117 heuristics compressed into triggerable LLM skills for autonomous sub-agents. Approx. 1,950 tokens.
- /wiki/concepts/lucid-judgment/ — Top-performing reasoning scaffold and its derivation. Approx. 2,200 tokens.
- /wiki/projects/heuristicchat/ — Python tool for scaffolded LLM experiments and evaluation. Approx. 500 tokens.
- /wiki/projects/the-silk-report/ — Daily AI-generated macro forecast and live market application. Approx. 650 tokens.
- /wiki/projects/heuristic-macro-ideas/ — Idea-generation project combining macro signals and Heuristic Algebra. Approx. 700 tokens.

## Experience Pages

- /wiki/experience/phase-3-trading-algorithms-and-hedge-funds/ — Quantitative trading, portfolio management, hedge fund and prop trading work. Approx. 1,200 tokens.
- /wiki/experience/phase-4-heuristic-algebra/ — Invention and validation of Heuristic Algebra. Approx. 350 tokens.
- /wiki/experience/phase-5-current-markets-and-heuristics/ — Current work in markets, heuristics, and AI. Approx. 350 tokens.

## Research and Publications

- /wiki/achievements/heuristic-algebra-publication/ — Publication summary and key results. Approx. 300 tokens.
- /wiki/concepts/polyphonic-stationarity/ — Regime-shift detection research. Approx. 1,500 tokens.

## Contact

- /wiki/entities/henry-carstens-contact/ — Email, LinkedIn, GitHub, website, phone. Approx. 120 tokens.