Long-form, practical, and specific: Claude Code workflows, agent architecture, and prompting technique, the write-ups we wished existed while building AgentsKit.
A ranked shortlist of the MCP servers worth connecting, why Context7 comes first, which ones just duplicate Claude Code, and why four to six beats forty.
9 min read · Read →Plugins bundle skills, agents, commands, hooks, and MCP servers into one versioned install. Which are worth it, the 60-second test, and three to avoid.
9 min read · Read →Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Copilot, Cline and more, ranked on shipped work, not demos, with a pick-by-job table and the setting that matters most.
10 min read · Read →The nine hooks worth having, auto-format, dangerous-command blocking, secret guards, test runs, and notifications, plus which event to use for each.
9 min read · Read →Seven tools that cover the whole job, not fifty that overlap: content, keyword data, research, design, video, lifecycle, and automation, with a clear #1.
9 min read · Read →Six worked Claude skills, commit messages, tests, PDFs, brand voice, debugging, and conventions, plus the anatomy of a SKILL.md and why skills fire.
8 min read · Read →Code review, tests, debugging, refactoring, security, migrations, and git hygiene, what goes in each coding skill, and when to use one over CLAUDE.md.
9 min read · Read →There's no single app store for Claude skills. How plugin marketplaces work, how to vet a skill in thirty seconds, and what's actually worth paying for.
8 min read · Read →How a PDF skill bundles scripts to extract tables, fill forms, merge, split, OCR scans, and generate documents, and the pattern worth stealing.
8 min read · Read →Almost every Claude skill lives on GitHub. Where the good ones are, how to copy a skill folder into place, how to judge a repo fast, and the safety rules.
8 min read · Read →How a research skill encodes a search protocol, a sourcing rule with teeth, and permission to find nothing, plus five research skills worth having.
8 min read · Read →How skills work via progressive disclosure, how they differ from CLAUDE.md, subagents, and MCP, the model-decides-code-executes pattern, and team rollout.
9 min read · Read →Six study skills, Socratic tutoring, active recall, the Feynman technique, spaced repetition, worked examples, and exam simulation, and how to write one.
8 min read · Read →Why most product posts get removed on Reddit, plus a copy-paste Claude prompt that interviews you, then writes a post that reads like a person, not an ad.
8 min read · Read →The four ways to extend Claude Code, side by side: what skills, subagents, slash commands, and MCP servers each do, and a table for picking the right one.
9 min read · Read →A curated starter set of Claude Code subagents, code reviewer, debugger, security auditor, orchestrator, and more, and what makes a subagent actually good.
9 min read · Read →Why most Claude Code skills never fire, and how to fix it: how triggering works, the description formula, five common failure causes, and testing skills.
9 min read · Read →What to put in CLAUDE.md and what to leave out: a copy-paste template, the under-200-lines rule, what earns a line, and the habits that keep it working.
9 min read · Read →Fifteen ready-to-use custom slash commands for Claude Code, review, commit, debug, changelog, dependency audits, plus a 60-second syntax primer.
10 min read · Read →A troubleshooting guide for subagents that never run or return garbage: delegation-tuned descriptions, context bleed, tool scoping, and a 5-minute diagnostic.
9 min read · Read →Sequential, parallel, and fan-out orchestration for Claude Code agents, when each earns its cost, seven rules to keep token spend sane, and an example.
10 min read · Read →Claude Code isn't just for developers. How marketers use it for SEO content pipelines, campaign assets, and reporting, on real files, no code required.
9 min read · Read →Why $300 SaaS boilerplates stopped making sense, locked stacks, dead code, and rot, and the agent-first build sequence that replaces them.
9 min read · Read →An opinionated shortlist of Claude Code skills worth installing, code review, security, documents, SEO, and more, plus how to vet any skill in 30 seconds.
9 min read · Read →A no-fluff guide to Claude Code: install, your first session, CLAUDE.md, permissions, skills, and the habits that separate power users from tourists.
9 min read · Read →What an AI agent actually is, when you need one (and when you don't), the agent loop, tool use, MCP, and how to build your first agent with the Claude API.
12 min read · Read →Ten techniques that consistently improve Claude's output: context front-loading, examples over adjectives, XML structure, chain-of-thought, and role prompting.
10 min read · Read →Seven copy-paste Claude prompts for investing research: reading annual reports, stress-testing a thesis, and decoding earnings calls. Educational, not advice.
8 min read · Read →The prompt library has 50 field-tested Claude prompts across coding, writing, data, business, and marketing, each with the reasoning behind it.