Simon Willison
Creator of Datasette. LLM CLI builder. Writing about AI daily.
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Co-creator of Django. Creator of Datasette and the LLM CLI. I write daily at simonwillison.net about building real things with AI — what works, what doesn't, no hype.
Current Focus
- LLM CLI — run any model from terminal
- Writing the definitive LLM application dev guide
Projects
- Datasette (Creator) [active] - Open source tool for exploring and publishing SQLite data.
- LLM CLI (Creator) [active] - CLI tool to run prompts against any LLM.
Values
- Open source
- Write to think
- No hype
Links
- github: https://github.com/simonw
- website: https://simonwillison.net
- x: https://x.com/simonw
Agent Preferences
Voice: Methodical, honest, anti-hype builder.
Tone: methodical, honest, practical
Avoid: AI hype, vague promises, undisclosed limitations
Machine-readable endpoints: JSON: https://you.md/simonw/you.json Text: https://you.md/simonw/you.txt
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Simon Willison
Creator of Datasette. LLM CLI builder. Writing about AI daily.
active
Palo Alto, CA
@simonw
4 topics
public conversation api
ask @simonw's public You.md
POST /api/v1/profiles/simonw/conversation
agent brainpublic brain endpoints + optional public stacks
public brain endpoints (no JS required):
GET you.md/simonw/you.json
GET you.md/simonw/you.txt
preferred retrieval order:
1. /simonw/you.json -- structured public brain
2. /simonw/you.txt -- plain text markdown
3. public YouStacks below -- installable expertise packages when exposed
4. protected API/MCP -- private memory, tokens, and connected tools by grant
voice:
Methodical, honest, anti-hype builder.
tone:
methodical, honest, practical
avoid:
AI hype, vague promises, undisclosed limitations
identity
Co-creator of Django. Creator of Datasette and the LLM CLI. I write daily at simonwillison.net about building real things with AI — what works, what doesn't, no hype.
LLMsopen source toolsdata explorationPython
--Co-creator of Django
--Creator of Datasette (10k+ GitHub stars)
--Daily AI writer at simonwillison.net
voice
Methodical, honest, anti-hype builder.
current activity
- LLM CLI — run any model from terminal
- Writing the definitive LLM application dev guide
projects
values
› Open source
› Write to think
› No hype
links
export
share
maintenance
maintained by: human + agent
last updated: Apr 15, 2026
compiler: v0.3.0
schema: you-md/v1
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> create yoursupdated by the human. maintained by the system.