Claude Code skills, hooks and subagents: what each one is for
CLAUDE.md, skills, hooks, subagents and MCP servers all extend Claude Code, but they solve different problems. A practical guide to which one to reach for, with examples.
Claude Code is Anthropic's coding agent and the harness we use most. These guides cover how to extend it with skills, hooks, subagents and MCP servers, and how it fits next to other agents.
CLAUDE.md, skills, hooks, subagents and MCP servers all extend Claude Code, but they solve different problems. A practical guide to which one to reach for, with examples.
A step-by-step guide to exposing ERP data to AI agents through the Model Context Protocol: narrow tools, read-only credentials, validated inputs, and a safe path to writes.
An agent harness is the software around a language model that gives it tools, context, permissions and a loop. Here is what goes into one, and why it decides whether an agent works in production.
Which agent harness should you use? A plain-language comparison of the main coding agents, self-hosted personal agents and control surfaces: what each is built for, why it is good, and where it falls short.
T3 Code is a free, open-source app for driving Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and other coding agents from one place: desktop, web or phone. How it works, how to set it up, and where it falls short.
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