Skills, CLI, and MCP: picking the right tool layer for your AI agent
A practical guide to when Skills, CLI tools, and Model Context Protocol each shine — and why the best agent setups use all three.
· 7 min read
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Daniel Dewhurst
Lead AI Solutions Engineer with 10+ years in web development. Writing about AI, Laravel, TypeScript, and the evolving craft of building software.
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Kimi K2.5 vs Claude Opus 4.6: a practical comparison for developers
Kimi K2.5 delivers 95% of Opus 4.6's coding capability at 10-25× lower cost. But the benchmarks don't tell the whole story.
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Building a self-healing server with Claude Code and a Bash script
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Give your AI agent a memory: semantic git search with git-semantic-bun
AI coding agents forget everything between sessions. git-semantic-bun lets them search commit history by meaning — locally, offline, and in a format machines can consume.
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Self-hosting OpenClaw on Proxmox with an Ubuntu VM
A practical, reproducible guide to running OpenClaw on Proxmox with Ubuntu, including VM sizing, gateway service setup, security hardening, and troubleshooting.
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