How to Write an AI Agent Scope Document
The scope document that turns a vague AI agent request into a fixed build-fee quote — what it needs, a template, and the prompt I use to draft one.
Aug 18, 2026
When NOT to Build an AI Agent (Do This Instead)
The five signals that mean an AI agent is the wrong tool, and the ladder of simpler alternatives I try first — before I write a line of agent code.
Aug 15, 2026
AI Agent Pricing: What to Charge Clients
How I price AI agent builds for clients — a build fee plus a maintenance retainer, how to size each one, and the contract terms that stop scope creep.
Aug 13, 2026
How to Build Your First MCP Server: A Practitioner's Guide
The exact TypeScript code I use to build and register MCP servers — stdio transport, tool definitions, and how to test them in Claude Desktop in under 30…
Jun 23, 2026
The Claude Skill That Runs My Facebook Ads (With Code)
I replaced my ads manager with a Claude skill that reads performance data, rewrites copy, and creates new ad sets — all from a single command.
Jun 6, 2026
Claude Skills vs. Slash Commands vs. Subagents
Skills, slash commands, and subagents solve different problems in Claude. Here is the decision framework I use to pick the right one for each job.
Aug 8, 2026
Prompt Injection Defense for Production AI Agents
Prompt injection isn't a theoretical CTF exercise once your agents read Facebook comments, emails, and webhook payloads.
Aug 4, 2026
Context Engineering: What Goes in the Context Window
Prompt engineering asks how to phrase a request. Context engineering asks what the agent needs to know. Here's the budget I run across 30+ production agents
Aug 1, 2026
Best AI Agents for Small Business: What I'd Buy in 2026
A practitioner's buyer's guide to AI agents for small business — the three real tiers (off-the-shelf, DIY, custom), a 5-point rubric for evaluating any tool
Jul 30, 2026
Event-Triggered vs Scheduled Agents: Which to Use
Event-triggered agents fire on webhooks for latency-sensitive work. Scheduled agents run on cron for batch jobs.
May 31, 2026
Context Engineering: How I Use It to Build AI Agents
Context engineering is the discipline that replaced prompt engineering for serious agent work. Here's how I structure context windows across 30+ production…
Jul 28, 2026
The Agent Stack I Use to Run 30+ Agents (No Python)
How I run 30+ production AI agents across two businesses using TypeScript, Cloudflare Workers, and Claude — no Python, no LangChain, no framework lock-in.
May 31, 2026
How I Measure Whether an AI Agent Is Actually Working
Most operators never eval their AI agents — they just assume they work. Here's the practical eval framework I use across 30+ production agents: golden sets
May 31, 2026
Human-in-the-Loop AI Agents: When to Add an Approval Gate
Updated for 2026. The decision framework I use to decide when a production AI agent needs a human approval step — and when adding one silently kills adoption.
Jul 23, 2026
How to Automate Your Newsletter With an AI Agent
I automated my entire newsletter pipeline — idea to send — with a Claude agent and the Kit API. No more staring at a blank editor on send day.
Jun 6, 2026
Prompt Caching With the Claude API: Cut Input Costs
How to use cache_control to cut Claude API input costs by up to 90% on agents with large stable prompts — the prefix-match invariant, what to cache
Jun 18, 2026
Claude Tool Use: Giving AI Agents Real Capabilities
Claude tool use lets your agent take actions beyond text generation. The TypeScript pattern I use across 15+ production agents on Cloudflare Workers
Jul 21, 2026
Why Your AI Agent Keeps Failing in Production
Most AI agents that work in demos fail in production for the same five reasons. Here's how to diagnose each failure mode and what I've done to fix them across…
Jun 6, 2026
Claude Fable 5 First Impressions: An Operator's Take
First impressions of Claude Fable 5 from someone who runs 30+ production agents — what's actually different, the cost gotcha nobody warns you about
Jun 12, 2026
Translate One Blog Post Into 13 Languages With AI
One TypeScript agent fans out a single EN post to 12 locales using the Claude API. Learn the system prompt, cost breakdown, and real SEO traffic results.
May 31, 2026
The 5 AI Tools I Actually Use to Run My Business (2026)
Not a roundup of every AI tool. These are the 5 I use every day to run a consulting brand and a pickleball facility
Jun 6, 2026
From Idea to Chatbot: The 5 Best Platforms for New Creators
A beginner's comparison of five no-code chatbot builders — SendPulse, Chatbase, Chatfuel, Outgrow, and Landbot — covering channels, ease of use
Jun 23, 2026
The Cheapest Way to Run a Content Agent on Cloudflare
Real cost breakdown for running a content pipeline on Cloudflare Workers + Claude API. Generate and translate a full post for under $0.50 with Sonnet or $0.12…
May 31, 2026
Claude vs ChatGPT for Business: An Operator's Take
I run 30+ production agents on Claude. Here's my honest comparison of Claude vs ChatGPT for business — where each wins, where each breaks
Jul 18, 2026
How to Build Your First AI Agent in 15 Minutes
No framework, no Python, no course required. Here's the exact TypeScript code and Cloudflare deployment steps to ship your first working AI agent today.
Jun 2, 2026
GEO for Solo Operators: Getting Cited by AI Search
GEO advice is usually written for a marketing team. Here's the version for solo operators and indie founders — what to do first when you have an hour a week
Jul 17, 2026
How I Built Quads, a Mobile Board Game, With Claude
Quads started as a 2-hour hackathon idea on a trip to Colombia and became a real mobile board game on iOS and Android.
Jul 11, 2026
How I Built Courtlines, a Club SaaS, With Claude
The story behind Courtlines, the operating system for racket-sport clubs and studios — why I built it, what it does
Jul 11, 2026
AI Agent System Prompts That Don't Fail in Production
A practitioner's guide to writing AI agent system prompts that hold up in production — five layers, real examples from 30+ agents
Jul 11, 2026
AI Agent ROI: Is an Automation Worth Building?
The framework I use to decide whether an AI automation is actually worth building — quantified manual cost, build cost, run cost, maintenance tax
Jul 9, 2026
How to Automate Your Small Business With AI Agents
The exact playbook I use to automate a real small business with AI agents — from the $5/month Cloudflare stack to the tasks that actually pay off.
Jul 4, 2026
How to Add Memory to an AI Agent: State Patterns
Stateless agents forget everything between runs. Here are the three memory patterns I use in production — working, episodic, and semantic
Jun 30, 2026
AI Agent Cost Math: When Haiku Beats Sonnet
Updated for 2026. The cost math I use to pick Claude Haiku vs Sonnet per task — token economics, the routing rule, and where cheap models quietly cost more.
Jun 8, 2026
How to Debug an AI Agent in Production (A Field Guide)
Updated for 2026. The exact playbook I use to debug AI agents running live — trace every step, isolate the failing layer, and reproduce non-determinism fast.
Jun 8, 2026
Multi-Agent Orchestration: Queues, State, Handoffs
Updated for 2026. The orchestration patterns I use to run multi-agent systems — durable queues, externalized state, and clean handoffs that survive retries.
Jun 8, 2026
The Eval Harness I Use to Ship AI Agents Without Fear
Updated for 2026. The eval harness I use to ship AI agents — a graded test set, an LLM judge, and a regression gate so a prompt change can't break prod.
Jun 8, 2026