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Articles about Skills, MCP servers, CLIs and plugins: tutorials, comparisons and notes from using them.
Claude Code for applied economists: data, Stata or R, and a replication package
A practical guide for economics PhD students and applied researchers: connect Claude Code to Stata or R, script your FRED, EDGAR and Census downloads, run and audit identification designs, and assemble an AEA-style replication package, plus the checks a human still has to do.
2026-10-12
Give your agent a browser: choosing browser automation tools
Which browser tool to give an AI agent for four jobs: checking a frontend change, end-to-end testing, working in sites you are signed in to, and collecting web data. Setup commands, example prompts, privacy defaults to switch off, and safety rules for logged-in sessions.
2026-10-12
Getting cited by AI answer engines without spamming: an SEO and GEO audit workflow
A step-by-step audit for in-house marketers and founders: fix technical SEO, check which AI crawlers you let in, test whether ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google cite you, pick pages with Search Console, refresh and edit them, and earn honest third-party mentions. Tools, setup, prompts and limits.
2026-10-12
A systematic literature review with agents: search, screen, extract and cite
A stage-by-stage guide for graduate students and early-career researchers: register a protocol, test searches with agents and run them in each database, pilot screening against your own labels, extract with page citations, verify every reference and disclose AI use. Agents assist; you decide.
2026-10-12
Before you file: verifying AI-drafted citations
A routine for litigators, paralegals and law students: screen the other side's papers for hidden instructions, make the record searchable, draft with every authority tagged, check each citation exists and says what you claim, and check redactions with x-ray before filing.
2026-10-12
A product manager's week with agents: briefs, research synthesis, specs and tickets
A week of PM work handed partly to agents: a morning brief from Slack, email and notes, research synthesis with checkable quotes, a spec from a measurable goal, PRD to Linear or Jira tickets, a read-only PostHog check and the stakeholder update, with setup for Cowork, Claude Code and Codex.
2026-10-12
Month-end close with agents: what to automate and what to review
A T+1 to T+5 guide for controllers and staff accountants: which close steps an agent can draft (accruals, reconciliations, statements and flux commentary, workbook checks, SOX samples), how to set up the skills, and why the agent drafts but never posts.
2026-10-12
Make a product launch video from your codebase with HyperFrames or Remotion
A step-by-step guide for founders, product marketers and devrel: brief, voiceover, scenes built from your own product, captions, encoding and publishing with HyperFrames or Remotion, plus licenses, voice service costs and when to disclose AI voices and music.
2026-10-12
A K-12 teacher's week with Claude: planning, differentiation and checks for understanding
A day-by-day guide for US K-12 teachers: set up Claude for Teachers (free for a year for verified teachers), keep student data out of prompts, then plan, differentiate, check understanding in math, post to Google Classroom or Canvas, and reflect, with grading left to you.
2026-10-12