Why agent skills went from niche Claude feature to 680K-strong ecosystem in 8 months
How MCP's new step-cousin makes it easier for browser agents to do stuff (including buy things) on your website
How OpenAI’s GDPVal shows where AI already beats humans
Write a 10-page Gatsby analysis, get a job at the Treasury.
An updated look at the state of AI search optimization (aka GEO).
A tangent about open source software disguised as a post about MCP
OpenAI announced Apps in ChatGPT. What does this mean for the future of discovery and distribution?
TL;DR: Both are powerful, but they're different! Skills are simple and efficient, whereas MCP is better for connecting to 3rd party data.
The tech isn’t new, but the positioning is. A closer look at OpenAI’s “Apps” launch and what it signals for the future of MCP servers.
Buying pens with an MCP server, payment protocol wars, evaluating OpenAI's agentic commerce launch, and more.
Tactical, low-cost steps that early-stage startups can take to get started with marketing.
An experiment with an unofficial Airbnb MCP server, the blurry line between agent and bots, and the evolving norms of the web.
How AI performance degrades with lots of context, and how to manage context effectively when using MCP servers
How Zola, like Starbucks, is secretly a bank, and why wedding registries are surprisingly great businesses.
What we can learn from BioMCP's 'think' tool and why persona-driven servers outperform generic ones
Digging into how the Model Context Protocol powers Claude's new tools for financial analysis, and what that means for other players
Lessons for Enterprise adoption from Block, and why InfoSec teams are (rightly) nervous about MCP
Test driving Anthropic's new format for installing local MCP servers
Checking in on the latest version of the protocol, on broader MCP server adoption, and the growing pains that come with it.
Tips on how to use AI to make wedding planning a little easier!
How MCP servers could transform professional research, and how to vibe-code your own personal MCP server using Cloudflare and AI tools
Who benefits (and who loses ground) if MCP adoption becomes widespread?
A very practical setup guide for using Zapier MCP 2.0 and other MCP servers with Anthropic's Claude
Remote MCP servers in Claude.ai, plus highlights from live MCP demos by engineers at Asana, Sentry, Stripe, and more.
Using an analogy of a Food Truck Festival to explain how the Model Context Protocol works & why it matters.
My sales call with Hubspot's AI avatar, 'Fiona,' and engaging low-intent prospects in the AI age.
Learnings on the current state of AI search optimization (or generative engine optimization (GEO), depending on who you ask).
Or, the value of authenticity and risk-taking (and the occasional mistake) in marketing.
Helpful resources for job searching, interviewing, and negotiating to move from consulting to startups.
Handy sites & tools for spying on your competitors on a budget.