Topic
AI Agents
42 stories on this topic, newest first.
IndustryAnalysis
What thousands of AI research agents contribute to a science project
Distributed biology agents widen analysis of existing experiments. Their economic value depends on data preparation, expert review and the next experiment.
ResearchAnalysis
What changes when an AI agent gets laboratory feedback
A robot's successful movement, a promising computational score and a measured binder answer different questions. New Google research shows why the feedback loop needs all three.
ToolsAnalysis
GPT-6.1 Terra and the shift from reading screens to acting on them
Terra targets visual reasoning and computer use. Four different task types explain why recognising a screen is only the start of useful application work.
ResearchAnalysis
Salesforce, Meta and Microsoft cut 16,800 jobs and kept buying AI companies
We cross-referenced 65 AI-linked layoffs with 190 AI acquisitions and 832 AI job postings. Three companies cut and bought; five cut and are still hiring for AI roles.
ToolsSurvey
Best Claude Code skills in 2026: 11 tested and ranked for production AI teams
The best Claude Code skills for teams shipping production AI, test-installed on 28 October 2026: governance, cost, security, MCP and observability, plus five Anthropic and Vercel picks.
Bifrost's Agent Gateway puts A2A agent calls behind virtual keys and logs
Bifrost v2.3.0 proxies Agent2Agent traffic: register an agent by its card URL, grant it per virtual key, and trace each task to the model and tool calls it made.
Bifrost's MCP gateway upgrades target tool bloat, per-user auth and REST APIs
Bifrost v2.3.1 turns OpenAPI documents into MCP servers and adds gateway-side tool search, capping three months of releases aimed at the problems MCP hits at 600 tools rather than six.
ToolsExplainer
Claude Code enterprise rollout: a phased plan with budgets, managed settings and logs
How to roll Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Copilot out to an engineering organisation: managed-settings.json, per-developer budgets, Bedrock residency, MCP allowlists, CI keys.
ToolsExplainer
Codex skills: how Agent Skills work in OpenAI Codex, and which ones to install
Where OpenAI Codex discovers skills, how $skill and implicit invocation work, how skills differ from AGENTS.md, and how to add skills to Codex with npx skills add -a codex.
ToolsExplainer
Cursor skills: how Agent Skills work in Cursor, and the six worth installing
How Cursor skills work as of October 2026: where SKILL.md folders live, how the agent picks one, rules vs skills vs MCP, and how to install skills with npx skills add.
ToolsExplainer
MCP best practices: tool budgets, permissions and approvals for real agent teams
Ten MCP best practices for the 2026-07-28 spec, each with a bad and good example and a check: tool budgets, naming, least privilege, approvals, transports, logs and tests.
ToolsExplainer
OWASP LLM Top 10 (2026): every risk, the vulnerable code and the fix
The 2026 OWASP LLM Top 10 reorders the list and renames one entry. Each risk with a vulnerable pattern, the Python or TypeScript fix, and an LLM security checklist.
ToolsExplainer
Claude skills marketplace: when to use public ones and when to run your own
A Claude skills marketplace is the catalogue your agents install skills from. How public ones work, and how to run a private one with versions, review and one-step rollback.
ToolsExplainer
skills.sh and npx skills add: the complete guide to installing agent skills
What skills.sh is, who runs it, and every skills CLI command tested: how npx skills add resolves repos, scope, agent targeting, symlinks, skills-lock.json, telemetry and security review.
ToolsExplainer
The definitive guide to Atlassian MCP: setup, auth, admin controls and limits
Atlassian's hosted MCP server gives AI clients Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and more at mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp. How to connect it, how OAuth and API tokens differ, what admins control and where it stops.
ToolsExplainer
Claude --dangerously-skip-permissions: a practical guide to what it bypasses
What Claude Code's --dangerously-skip-permissions flag skips, the checks that survive it, real incident patterns, and safe recipes for containers, sandboxes and CI.
ToolsExplainer
Model Context Protocol: the definitive guide to how MCP works in 2026
A spec-level reference to MCP: history and governance, every revision up to 2026-07-28, the stateless request model, each primitive, transports, extensions, SDK tiers and the limits.
ToolsExplainer
Slack MCP server: the definitive guide to tools, setup and security
Slack's hosted MCP server lets Claude, Cursor and coding agents search, read and post in Slack as the signed-in user. Tools, scopes, setup, rate limits, risks and governance.
ToolsExplainer
What is an MCP server? Meaning, anatomy and how to vet one
An MCP server is the program that hands an AI app its tools, resources and prompts. What it is and is not, stdio versus HTTP, a working server in TypeScript and Python, and the trust checks.
ToolsExplainer
What is MCP? A practical guide to connecting AI apps to your tools
MCP is the open protocol that lets Claude, VS Code and Cursor call your files, repos and SaaS tools. What it is, why it exists, and the exact config to connect your first servers safely.
ToolsExplainer
A2A vs MCP: what each protocol does and when you need both
A2A vs MCP as of October 2026: MCP connects a model to tools, A2A lets one agent hand a task to another. Architecture, auth, transport and how they fit.
IndustryExplainer
AI governance framework: the definitive guide, from NIST and ISO to runtime
How to build an AI governance framework in 2026: NIST, ISO/IEC 42001 and the EU AI Act after the Omnibus, a crosswalk, RACI, risk tiers, policy outlines, agent and MCP controls, metrics and a 90-day plan.
ModelsComparison
Best LLM for coding in October 2026: ten models ranked on the evidence
Opus 5.5, GPT-6.1 Sol, Gemini 4 Argon and seven more ranked on Terminal-Bench 4.0, DeepSWE and cost per task, with each score's harness and source.
ToolsExplainer
Claude Code pricing: every plan, its usage limits and a developer's real monthly cost
Claude Code pricing as of October 2026: Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise seats, API and cloud rates, how usage limits work, and worked costs per developer.
ToolsExplainer
Claude Code Router explained: running Claude Code on GPT, Gemini and local models
How Claude Code Router uses ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL to run Claude Code on other models: setup, routing rules, tool-call and caching caveats, and when a gateway fits.
ToolsExplainer
Claude Skills explained: how Agent Skills work in Claude Code, apps and the API
Claude Skills are folders of instructions and scripts that agents load on demand. How SKILL.md works, where skills run, how to write one, and skills vs MCP.
ToolsComparison
Codex vs Claude Code in October 2026: models, sandboxes, pricing and which to pick
Codex vs Claude Code compared on models, sandboxing, MCP, hooks, subagents, plan limits and admin controls, with a decision guide for developers and teams.
ToolsComparison
Cursor vs Claude Code in October 2026: IDE agent or terminal agent?
Cursor vs Claude Code compared on workflow, models, cloud agents, context, MCP, skills, team controls and pricing after Cursor's move to The X Subscription.
ToolsExplainer
MCP security and authentication: how the OAuth flow works and where attacks land
MCP security under the 2026-07-28 spec: how OAuth 2.1 authentication works step by step, the attacks it does not stop, and a hardening checklist for teams.
ResearchExplainer
Prompt injection attacks: real examples, why they work and the defences that hold
Prompt injection examples from documented incidents, why no model has solved it, and the layered defences that cap the damage when an AI agent is fooled.
IndustryComparison
Top AI governance tools in 2026: nine platforms, two different jobs
Nine AI governance tools ranked for October 2026, split into runtime enforcement that controls AI traffic and GRC platforms that inventory and document it.
ToolsComparison
Top 10 AI guardrails tools in 2026, ranked by where they enforce
AI guardrails compared for October 2026: gateway, in-app library, classifier model or cloud API. Ten LLM guardrails tools ranked on checks, latency and cost.
ResearchExplainer
What is an agent harness? The loop, tools and context around the model
An agent harness is everything around the model: the loop, tools, context, memory, permissions and sandbox. Why it moves benchmark scores as much as the model.
ToolsComparison
Top 5 AI gateways for Claude Code, Codex CLI and Cursor in 2026
Five AI gateways ranked as a Claude Code proxy and Codex or Cursor endpoint, on per-developer keys, budgets, model swapping, MCP tools and loop limits.
ToolsComparison
Top 10 agent orchestration frameworks in 2026, ranked for production
Ten code-first frameworks for single- and multi-agent systems, ranked on orchestration model, durable state, human approval, MCP and A2A support, language reach and licence.
IndustryComparison
Top 10 managed agent orchestration platforms for enterprises in 2026
AgentCore, Foundry, Google's Agent Platform, LangSmith, Agentforce, ServiceNow and four more ranked on runtime, identity, memory, MCP and A2A, lock-in, audit, pricing and data residency.
ToolsComparison
Top 10 MCP gateways in 2026, compared for enterprise agent teams
Ten MCP gateways ranked on per-user OAuth, tool-level access control, audit, guardrails on tool calls, observability, LLM routing, deployment and licence, from each vendor's documentation.
ToolsComparison
Top 10 MCP servers in 2026, and how to run them safely
GitHub, Playwright, Context7, Atlassian, Notion, Slack, Sentry, Supabase, Stripe and Figma ranked on maintenance, transport, auth, tool scoping and security record, read from each vendor's docs.
ToolsComparison
Top 10 MCP servers for coding agents in 2026, ranked on what they cost and what they risk
GitHub, Context7, Playwright, Chrome DevTools, Sentry and five more MCP servers ranked for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Copilot, with measured tool-definition token costs and injection risks.
NewsAnalysis
What Jev is actually for: seven jobs for a model that only decides
Two weeks after launch, TypeSafe's own docs and cookbooks show where a typed, calibrated decision model beats an LLM call, a classifier or plain rules, and where it plainly does not.
ToolsExplainer
MCP gateway explained: what it does and when agent teams need one
An MCP gateway puts one governed endpoint between agents and the MCP servers they call. How tool filtering, upstream auth, audit and token control work, and where the risks sit.
ToolsSurvey
Agent frameworks in 2026: four camps, two protocols and how to choose
Nine frameworks and two protocols compared on control flow, durable state, multi-agent topology, tool support, hosting and evaluation hooks, with recommendations keyed to constraints.
