MCPs vs Agent Skills: Understanding the Difference
MCPs give Claude capabilities. Skills teach Claude workflows. Here's the mental model I use to decide which one I need.
4 articles about claude-code - lessons from building and scaling real software.
MCPs give Claude capabilities. Skills teach Claude workflows. Here's the mental model I use to decide which one I need.
How Claude Code's context window works: what consumes tokens (MCP servers, tools, messages), why it matters, and how to manage context effectively.
After 8 months with Claude Code, here's my complete workflow. Learn how I combine Linear, MCP servers, and Obsidian for AI-assisted development that works.
Three design principles for context-efficient MCP servers: filter at source, pre-aggregate data, work creatively. Real reductions: 746k→262 tokens.