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Bake Every Author-Built Connector In, Keep It Inert Until Bound
When a vendor has no MCP server you author your own. The real decision is where that connector code lives: baked into one shared image, inert until bound.
claude.ai as a Routing Surface, Not a Content Generator
MCP turns a conversation interface into a capable operator by exposing production tools directly - the LLM becomes the routing layer, not a content generator.
A Design Tool Bake-Off - Figma MCP vs Google Stitch
We tested Figma MCP and Google Stitch head-to-head on the same three UI panels. Sixty API calls versus three.
When Your Agents Spend 40 Hours on One Auth Bug
Four root causes, 40+ hours of agent time, one MCP auth failure. The final fix was a one-line CLI command.
Tool Registration Is Not Tool Integration
Registering an MCP server in a CLI config means the CLI can discover the tools. It does not mean the tools can access the credentials they need to function.
How We Built an Agent Context Management System
Building centralized context management so AI agents start every session with the right knowledge.
96% Token Reduction - Lazy-Loading Agent Context
How we cut session startup token consumption by 96% by switching from eager document loading to an index-and-fetch pattern.