Eric Provencher
Activities
historical
- Engineer with background in XR and software development; publicly referenced as an XR engineer at Unity in multiple profiles and interviews (sources listed below).
- Founder and creator of RepoPrompt, a native macOS “context engineering” toolbox for AI-assisted development. Developed RepoPrompt to solve practical problems that arise when feeding large language models (LLMs) with project context.
- Early work and public commentary focus on how to provide precise, token-efficient context to models and on avoiding “context rot” when using AI for real-world codebases.
present
- Active maintainer and product lead for RepoPrompt (desktop macOS app and MCP server mode). Primary focus: improving context-building tooling, multi-repo reasoning, and model integrations (e.g., Claude, Gemini, other LLMs).
- Advocates a “human-in-the-loop” approach to tool-calls: combine curated context with model calls and review before applying changes.
- Publishes writings and demos on context engineering best-practices and multi-model workflows.
Connections to other people and companies
- Founder of RepoPrompt (product/company association).
- Professional connections to the wider AI-assistant ecosystem; notable integrations and interoperability with tools like Claude Desktop and agent-based workflows (via the Model Context Protocol / MCP).
- Employment / prior role references point to Unity (XR engineering).
Expectations for the future
- Continued evolution of context engineering tools: expect improvements in automatic context builders (codemaps, token-aware selection) and tighter integrations with agent frameworks.
- Growth of “MCP-like” interoperability: RepoPrompt’s MCP server mode signals a trend toward standardized context-sharing between desktop apps and AI agents.
- Emphasis on multi-model workflows (driver/reasoner split) where lighter orchestration models manage flow and stronger reasoning models handle complex analysis and code-writing tasks.
Interests
- Context engineering, developer tooling, reliable AI-assisted refactors and tests, and developer workflows that balance human oversight with AI automation.
- Improving token efficiency and practical model selection strategies for real-world codebases.
Practical notes / usage examples
- Context curation: Use RepoPrompt to visually browse a repository, create “presets” of files or folders relevant to a task (e.g., a service + its tests), then send that curated context to an LLM for focused refactors or test generation.
- Multi-repo reasoning: Load multiple repositories in a workspace when working on cross-repo changes (shared libraries, infra changes) so the model understands dependencies and references across projects.
- MCP integration: Run RepoPrompt in MCP server mode to let agent workflows programmatically request context snapshots, build prompts, and (with human oversight) apply suggested changes.
Sources
- PerplexityAI web-searches and syntheses on “Eric Provencher” and “RepoPrompt” (context engineering, MCP integration, product features and updates).
- Public interviews, product notes and demo write-ups discussing RepoPrompt’s Context Builder, code maps, and multi-model workflow practices.