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Editorial reviews and field guides on MCP servers, agentic frameworks, skills, coding assistants, and the tools moving automation forward. 183 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.

183MCP 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.

Case StudyMay 202611 min readRead →
01Deep Dive

AI agents will buy products in 2026. We audited 262 e-commerce stores. Only 47% are visible to them.

262 e-commerce stores scored for AI agent legibility across Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Squarespace, Magento, and Wix. Visibility funnel, named brands, five fixes that lift any store by roughly forty points.

May 202618 min readRead →
02Tool Guide

Best Automation Tools for Small Business Productivity

The verdict stack for a 1 to 5 person team: ClickUp for tasks, Wispr Flow for input, Make for glue. Under $25/month solo, under $60/month for three people. Eight tools scored on the same axes.

May 202614 min readRead →
03Tool Guide

Best Automation Tools for Small Business Internal Communication

A 4-layer stack for a 5-person ops team: Slack Pro for chat, Loom Business for async video, Notion Plus for written context, and Make Core for workflow automation. Around $2,223 a year, $37 per person per month.

May 202612 min readRead →
04Deep Dive

AEO and GEO Explained: The Agent Legibility Prerequisite

AEO and GEO are the editorial layer of AI search visibility. Agent Legibility is the substrate underneath. Most AEO guides skip the prerequisite. This one starts there.

May 202612 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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