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INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGY LAB / AFRICA

Building useful technology from Africa.

BlackieLabs builds open-source AI tools, agent-ready applications, computer-vision systems, and infrastructure experiments designed to solve practical problems.

Explore the LabView GitHub
Currently exploring AI agents, WebMCP and local AI infrastructure.
01 / AREAS OF FOCUS

Focused on systems that become genuinely useful.

BlackieLabs is an independent technology lab exploring AI agents, developer tools, computer vision, infrastructure, and community-powered technology.

AGT-01
AI Agents

Building tools that allow AI agents to interact with applications, events and structured services.

DEV-02
Developer Tools

Open-source software that improves how developers build, automate and manage their work.

CV-03
Computer Vision

Applying vision models to infrastructure inspection and operational workflows.

INF-04
Infrastructure

Experimenting with self-hosted AI, observability, networking and homelab systems.

02 / FLAGSHIP PROJECTS

Open tools and practical systems.

Projects are built around real workflows—from agent-ready event infrastructure to computer-vision systems for field operations.

PROJECT / 01
Open Source
Luma Events MCP capability response inside an AI coding assistant
Luma Events MCP
An open-source MCP server that allows AI assistants such as Cursor and Codex to manage Luma calendars and events through natural language. It supports event discovery, creation, guest management, analytics and other event operations.
TypeScriptModel Context ProtocolLuma APINode.jsnpm
INSTALL
npx -y --package luma-events@latest luma-events
GitHubnpm
PROJECT / 02
Live
Cursor Kenya homepage promoting community meetups and events
Cursor Kenya Platform
The digital platform and event infrastructure supporting the Cursor developer community in Kenya. It brings together community events, technical workshops, hackathons and resources for local builders.
Next.jsTypeScriptCommunity InfrastructureEvent Technology
Live websiteEvents calendar
PROJECT / 03
Experiment
Agent-Ready Websites with WebMCP
A practical WebMCP experiment demonstrating how websites can expose structured tools that AI agents can discover and use. Instead of only reading page content, agents can interact directly with supported website functionality.
WebMCPAI AgentsTypeScriptStructured Tools
Live demoGitHub
PROJECT / 04
Open Source
WebMCP Skill
A reusable coding-agent skill that helps developers and AI assistants understand, design and implement agent-ready websites using WebMCP patterns.
WebMCPAgent SkillsAI CodingDocumentation
GitHub
PROJECT / 05
Research and Development
Tokly homepage showing AI usage velocity and current spend
YOLO Fibre Inspection System
A computer-vision system for inspecting fibre infrastructure, identifying potential faults and presenting operational findings through monitoring dashboards.
YOLOComputer VisionPythonGrafanaInfrastructure Monitoring
03 / INFRASTRUCTURE EXPERIMENTS

Inside the experimental lab.

Self-hosted systems, local models, and infrastructure work documented as the lab learns what holds up outside a demo.

LAB-01
Ongoing Experiment
AI Homelab
A personal infrastructure lab for exploring self-hosting, private networking, observability and local AI workloads across Raspberry Pi and cloud environments.
Raspberry PiTailscaleDockerNextcloudGrafanaPrometheusLokiAdGuard HomeCloud virtual machines
Documentation coming soon
LAB-02
Ongoing Experiment
Local Vision Model API
A self-hosted vision-language model environment using Qwen and Ollama, exposed through an API for experimenting with image understanding and local AI applications.
QwenOllamaVision-language modelsLinuxREST APISelf-hosted AI
Documentation coming soon
04 / BUILD LOGS

Notes from inside the work.

Technical breakdowns, implementation details, and lessons from ongoing BlackieLabs projects.

LOG-01
Coming soon
Building a Natural-Language Interface for Luma
LOG-02
Coming soon
Making Websites Usable by AI Agents with WebMCP
LOG-03
Coming soon
Running Vision Models on Local Infrastructure
05 / ABOUT

Built by Blackie

Felix “Blackie” Jumason is a software engineer, Cursor Regional Lead for Africa and developer-community builder based in Kenya. His work explores AI agents, developer tooling, infrastructure and practical technology for African communities. BlackieLabs is the home for his products, open-source projects and engineering experiments.

FJ

FOUNDER / LAB LEAD

Felix “Blackie” Jumason

Software engineer and developer-community builder based in Kenya.

06 / JOIN THE LAB

Bring the project you can’t stop thinking about.

BlackieLabs is looking for curious builders who learn by shipping. Show us one project that captures how you think, then tell us where to find you online.

APPLICATION PROTOCOL

Proof of curiosity beats a perfect résumé.

We care about what you made, the decisions behind it, and what you want to explore next.

  1. 01Share one project you’re proud of
  2. 02Add the social profiles you actually use
  3. 03Tell us what you want to investigate
ONE COOL PROJECT

Keep it under 1,200 characters.

Add 1–5 full profile links, one per line.

We review every submission. Strong work and curiosity matter more than credentials.

OPEN CHANNEL / COLLABORATION

Build with BlackieLabs

Interested in collaborating on developer tools, AI experiments, community technology or infrastructure projects? Let’s talk.

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