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Your agent has 30 tools and no idea when to use them
MCP tools give agents external capabilities. Skills give agents behavioral expertise. Learn the architecture of both, build them in TypeScript, and understand when to use each — and when you need both.
AI Agent Tools: MCP, OpenAPI, and Tool Management That Actually Scales
How production AI agents discover, execute, and manage tools — from MCP protocol to OpenAPI auto-importing, security sandboxing, and multi-tenant tool infrastructure.
MCP Deep Dive: Advanced Patterns for Agent Tool Integration
Production MCP patterns for teams who've built their first server and need to scale it — OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, Streamable HTTP transport, gateways, sampling, dynamic tool registration, and multi-tenant security.
The MCP Marketplace Problem: Why Standardized Integrations Need Standardized Testing
5,800+ MCP servers, 43% with injection flaws. Standardized protocol doesn't mean standardized quality. Why every MCP integration needs automated testing.
The Tool Explosion: Managing 50+ Agent Tools Without Losing Your Mind
As agents get more capable, tool sprawl becomes a real operational problem. Here's how to organize, test, and monitor function calling at scale before it breaks in production.
Learn Agentic AI
Weekly. Patterns for shipping agents that work. MCP, scorecards, regression tests, prompts, model comparisons.
