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The best AI coding tools, MCP servers, and prompts

The tools, MCP servers, and skills that make AI pair-programming actually useful

These are the AI coding tools our developer community actually ships with — MCP servers for Claude and Cursor, prompts that turn ChatGPT into a useful reviewer, and skills that extend your AI's reach into your codebase. Real tools, real workflows.

What to look for

  • MCP servers that connect your AI to databases, APIs, and internal tools
  • Prompts for code review, refactoring, and architecture decisions
  • Skills that teach your AI your team's conventions
  • Benches curated by senior engineers for specific stacks

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Guides & stories

·12 min·Deep Dive

In the Weeds: What It Actually Takes to Run a Shop Alone in 2026

A week thinking hard about whether one person can really run a real business in 2026. The honest math, hour by hour.

in-the-weedssmall-business
·5 min

Hacks: Five MCP Servers Every One-Person Business Should Install This Weekend

Every major SaaS a small business depends on now ships an official MCP server. Here are five that change what one person can run alone.

hackssmall-business
·13 min·Deep Dive

The Whole Stack of Being Found: SEO, AEO, and the 14 Pieces a Modern Site Needs

A field report from building a-gnt's discoverability stack end-to-end — llms.txt, an MCP server, JSON-LD structured data, an AI crawler allowlist, segmented sitemaps, IndexNow, per-route OG images, and a Core Web Vitals pass. Plus the one prompt to rule them all.

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·5 min

Your Tools, Your Skills, Anywhere You Use AI — Across Providers

Your .claude folder is locked to one project on one machine. Your a-gnt library isn't. Here's how to call your skills, souls, and benches from any AI client that speaks MCP — and from OpenAI too.

mcpskills
·6 min

The .claude Folder, Explained — and How to Stuff It Full of Skills and Souls

The quiet little .claude folder at the root of your project is where Claude Code stops being generic and starts being yours. Here's what's in it and how to fill it.

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·6 min

blend-a-gnt Beta: a Work Task, a Bench, and a Prompt Walk Into a Bar

Sit down with a ticket, open blend-a-gnt, pick a bench, and see why mixing an MCP, a soul, and a prompt beats opening Claude cold.

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