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MCP vs Agent Skills: What Each Is For and When to Use Both
MCP vs Agent Skills: What Each Is For and When to Use Both

MCP vs Agent Skills compared on what you author, where it runs, and how each one fails, with a measured breakdown of 71 skills and when QA teams need both.

Anubhav Singhmaar

Anubhav Singhmaar

August 27, 2026

9 min read

AI-Generated Code Bugs: What the Data Shows and How to Catch Them
AI-Generated Code Bugs: What the Data Shows and How to Catch Them

Measured defect rates for AI-generated code range from 8% to 68% depending on what each study counted. What actually breaks, and which test gate catches it.

Saurabh Prakash

Saurabh Prakash

August 27, 2026

12 min read

Claude Code Explained: From First Session to Extensions
Claude Code Explained: From First Session to Extensions

Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal. Learn how a session works, where it runs, and how skills, MCP, hooks and subagents extend it.

Anubhav Singhmaar

Anubhav Singhmaar

August 27, 2026

11 min read

Codex Skills: Writing a SKILL.md the Agent Actually Loads
Codex Skills: Writing a SKILL.md the Agent Actually Loads

Codex skills put your team's conventions in a SKILL.md the agent loads on demand. How to write one, make it trigger reliably, and verify Codex followed it.

Anubhav Singhmaar

Anubhav Singhmaar

August 27, 2026

11 min read

Add Automated Testing to Cursor, Copilot, and Codex
Add Automated Testing to Cursor, Copilot, and Codex

Cursor, Copilot, and Codex all read plain markdown instruction files. The exact paths, one AGENTS.md that covers all three, and the command that verifies work.

Bhawana

Bhawana

August 27, 2026

5 min read

AGENTS.md as a Testing Contract, Not Just Style Notes
AGENTS.md as a Testing Contract, Not Just Style Notes

AGENTS.md works best as a testing contract: the exact commands an agent must run, what done means, how to handle a failing suite, and what it must never touch.

Prince Dewani

Prince Dewani

August 27, 2026

5 min read

Claude Code Hooks: Deterministic Rules for Agents
Claude Code Hooks: Deterministic Rules for Agents

Claude Code hooks fire on lifecycle events, not on model judgement. Events, matcher syntax, exit codes, and how to run a real browser check from a Stop hook.

Bhawana

Bhawana

August 27, 2026

5 min read

Claude Code Plugins: Install, Build, and Verify
Claude Code Plugins: Install, Build, and Verify

Claude Code plugins bundle skills, agents, hooks, and MCP servers into one installable unit. Learn plugin.json, marketplaces, install scopes, and verification.

Anubhav Singhmaar

Anubhav Singhmaar

August 27, 2026

5 min read

Claude Code Subagents: Setup and Use Cases
Claude Code Subagents: Setup and Use Cases

Claude Code subagents explained: context isolation, the complete frontmatter reference, where definitions live, and how to verify what one actually shipped.

Mythili Raju

Mythili Raju

August 27, 2026

5 min read

Running Cursor CLI: Install, Modes, and CI Automation
Running Cursor CLI: Install, Modes, and CI Automation

Cursor CLI explained: installing it on every platform, the three modes, the full command reference, a real CI example, and how to verify what it actually did.

Mythili Raju

Mythili Raju

August 27, 2026

5 min read

Testing Code Written by Antigravity CLI and Gemini CLI
Testing Code Written by Antigravity CLI and Gemini CLI

Testing code from Antigravity CLI or Gemini CLI means chaining a real browser check onto their headless output, since both write code and stream JSON but never confirm a page actually renders. Gemini CLI documents four exit codes, including 42 for a bad prompt, and TestMu AI's Kane CLI verifies the result in a real browser afterward.

Bhawana

Bhawana

August 27, 2026

5 min read

OpenCode vs Claude Code: Open Source or Managed
OpenCode vs Claude Code: Open Source or Managed

OpenCode is MIT-licensed and provider-agnostic. Claude Code is managed and multi-surface. Licences, flags, headless modes, and verifying either one's output.

Bhawana

Bhawana

August 27, 2026

5 min read

Windsurf Became Devin Desktop: How It Compares to Cursor
Windsurf Became Devin Desktop: How It Compares to Cursor

Windsurf became Devin Desktop in June 2026. What that means for a Windsurf vs Cursor comparison today, the real feature differences, and how to actually choose.

Mythili Raju

Mythili Raju

August 27, 2026

5 min read

Pre-Action Checks for AI Coding Agents: Tools and Patterns
Pre-Action Checks for AI Coding Agents: Tools and Patterns

Pre-action checks for AI coding agents compared: permission modes, PreToolUse hooks, sandboxes, and branch rules, plus where each control fails in practice.

Siddhant Sinha

Siddhant Sinha

August 26, 2026

7 min read

Can Coding Agents Test Their Own Code
Can Coding Agents Test Their Own Code

Coding agents catch mechanical faults in their own output but miss misread requirements, because code and test share one interpretation. What closes the gap.

Samyak Goyal

Samyak Goyal

August 26, 2026

7 min read

Cursor Rules: How to Configure Cursor AI for Your Codebase
Cursor Rules: How to Configure Cursor AI for Your Codebase

How Cursor rules work: where .mdc files live, which of the four rule types fires when, the surfaces rules never reach, and how to verify what Cursor writes.

Chaitanya Sharma

Chaitanya Sharma

August 25, 2026

9 min read

Claude Code vs Antigravity: Which One Should You Use
Claude Code vs Antigravity: Which One Should You Use

Claude Code vs Antigravity compared on autonomy, artifacts, rate limits, cost, and test quality, plus the verification gap that both coding agents leave open.

Anubhav Singhmaar

Anubhav Singhmaar

August 25, 2026

9 min read

GPT-5.3 Codex Spark vs Claude Opus 4.6: Which Coding AI Wins?
GPT-5.3 Codex Spark vs Claude Opus 4.6: Which Coding AI Wins?

A practical comparison of GPT-5.3 Codex Spark and Claude Opus 4.6. Explore speed, code quality, reasoning, and real-world use cases to decide which AI model fits your workflow best.

Deepak Sharma

Deepak Sharma

February 24, 2026

5 min read