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Editorial reviews and field guides on MCP servers, agentic frameworks, skills, coding assistants, and the tools moving automation forward. 84 servers reviewed, 17 frameworks scored, 27 coding assistants compared.

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The SKILL.md Directory

The configuration primitive every agent builder is reaching for, indexed and editorially reviewed. Start here if SKILL.md is new to you.

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Where to find MCP servers

14 directories ranked. Every major index compared, with notes on what each is best for.

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Tools

Configurators, calculators, decision engines.

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AI Coding Assistants

14 scored on speed, MCP support, and pricing transparency.

84MCP Servers Reviewed17Agentic Frameworks7,530Skills Indexed27Coding Assistants Scored
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How a 28-Day-Old Site Got Cited 1,400 Times by AI Assistants

Automation Switch dogfood case study. Concrete narrative with full citation data. Demonstrates the agent-readability methodology working at the smallest possible scale.

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01Tool Guide

CLAUDE.md vs AGENTS.md: When to Use Each (And Why You Need Both)

CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md often get treated as alternatives. They are complementary layers. CLAUDE.md is the Claude-specific overlay; AGENTS.md is the cross-platform base. Most repos benefit from both.

May 20269 min readRead →
02Deep Dive

memory.md and 'Claude Memory': What It Actually Is

memory.md and 'Claude memory' get used loosely. Four mechanically distinct things hide behind the word across Claude Code, Claude.ai, ChatGPT, and Cursor. The taxonomy.

May 202615 min readRead →
03Fundamentals

CLAUDE.md: The Claude Code Instruction File Explained

CLAUDE.md is the Claude Code instruction file. Loaded every session, scoped four ways, importable from AGENTS.md. The standalone explainer of what to put in it, where it lives, and how it stacks with the agent-config family.

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04Fundamentals

AGENTS.md: The Universal Agent Contract Explained

AGENTS.md is the platform-neutral contract every AI agent in your repo reads. It works across Claude, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, and Gemini. The five-section anatomy and how to write one.

May 202610 min readRead →
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The SKILL.md Directory

The index the agent ecosystem has been missing. Browse, filter, and copy SKILL.md files by domain, platform, and use case. Built with Firecrawl. Growing weekly.

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Hyperautomation vs Agentic AI

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Agent Skills Landscape

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MCP Security Visual Audit

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AI Coding Assistants Scorecard

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Platform Selector

Score Zapier, Make, n8n, and the rest against your team shape, workload, and migration tolerance. Five-axis decision in three minutes.

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Token Generator

Generate the design tokens behind any AS-style component: surface, border, eyebrow, type scale. Copy as CSS or Tailwind.

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Automation Prioritizer

Rank candidate automations by ROI, time saved, and execution difficulty. Surface the workflows worth building first.

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