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Agentic Interoperability for Website Owners: AI User Experience (AI UX)

I've been keeping a close eye on the emerging subject of "agentic interoperability" across all my recent build projects. In layman's terms, that's the ability for AI agents to do things for you on your behalf - particularly inside SaaS…

Implementing WebMCP on a Recruitment Website

Thinking about what, exactly, the future of a website "looks" like in the agentic era is a challenging proposition. It might be that in most cases, our future viewers/readers/customers can do everything, from their chatbot of preference…

Yet Another Memory MCP? That's Not the Memory You're Looking For

I was considering building my own memory system for Claude Code after some early, failed affairs with memory MCPs. In therapy we're encouraged to think about how we think. A discussion about metacognition in a completely unrelated world…

How I Cut My Claude Code Token Spend with Houtini LM (Architect, Drafter, QA)

I left Claude Code running overnight a few months back and winced at the token bill - most of it spent on work any competent model could handle. So I built Houtini LM: Claude stays the architect and the QA, a cheap local model does the drafting, and the bill drops as a side-effect. In today's post I'm showing how I run it on my own rig, what I delegate, and where it falls down.

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What Is an MCP Server? MCP Explained in Plain English (2026)

In today's guide, we're taking a proper look at MCP servers - what the Model Context Protocol is, how it lets your AI assistant talk to the outside world, why I build my own products MCP-first, and what's new in the library as of September 2026.

Building a Free, Open Source SEO Crawler for LLM Consumption

I wanted to build on my experience working with the MCP protocol SDK to see just how far we can extend an AI assistant's capabilities. I decided that I'd quite like to build a crawler to check my site's "technical SEO" health and came…

Generate a Tone of Voice Guide with Voice Analyser MCP

While AI will never replace human creativity, it can certainly help with productivity. Today I'm sharing my Voice Analyser MCP - an experimental tone of voice guideline generator that runs from a website's XML sitemap. The point of this…

AI SEO - A Tool to Help You Improve Your Content for AI Search

Not that long ago, I was searching for an answer to a question about a USB device and whether it needed a separate PSU. This happened to be a topic very close to my heart, and owning a handful of affiliate content sites on the topic, this…

Working with AI: Using Gmail in Claude

I've got a client over in Australia who are *just* warming up after a lengthy Christmas break. It's an SAP B1 integration with Shopify and Onetimpim - many moving parts! My client emailed this morning asking for a catch-up meeting and…

Query Fan-Out MCP for AI Search Optimisation

I built fanout-mcp because AI search doesn't work with keywords - it expands every question into dozens of semantic variants and cites whoever covers them. In today's post I explain Google's query fan-out research, how I adapted it into an MCP server you can run inside Claude, and what it found when I pointed it at my own writing.

AI in Finance: Using "Financial Modeling Prep" MCP for Real-Time Market Data in Claude

The obvious Financial Modeling Prep MCP used HTTP transport; Claude Desktop needs stdio, so I rebuilt it as @houtini/fmp-mcp. The setup, the gotchas and live stock data.

How to Use Firecrawl in Claude Desktop

I've spent the past few months building YubHub (launch coming soon), a job aggregator that feeds our Motorsport jobs site, fluidjobs.com. The scraper needs to pull job listings from career sites across Formula 1, automotive engineering…

Desktop Commander MCP: Give Claude Full Control of Your Computer (2026)

Desktop Commander is the MCP that gives Claude full read-write access to your computer - files, terminal, code. The setup guide that's missing from the docs, plus the gotchas that catch people on day one.

GEO Analyser: Analyse Your Content for Generative Engine Optimisation

I've been watching AI search traffic for the past year, and it's become impossible to ignore. Not because traditional Google is dead - it's not - but because ChatGPT referrals jumped from 14,500 visits per month in early 2024 to over…

How to Set Up the DataForSEO MCP with Claude Desktop (2026)

In today's guide we're connecting the official DataForSEO MCP (v3) to Claude Desktop: there's a zero-install hosted option, a local setup if you'd rather hold the keys, and a new docs-plus-gateway model worth understanding before you start.

Chrome DevTools MCP: AI-Powered Website Debugging

Learn how Chrome DevTools MCP transforms website debugging from manual detective work into AI-powered analysis. Get expert-level insights on Core Web Vitals, SEO issues, and performance optimisation in minutes instead of hours.

How to Add an MCP Server to Claude Desktop

Adding an MCP server to your AI assistant is simpler than it looks. In today's guide I'll walk you through it step by step - the newer Connectors panel, the config file for local npm servers, and a working Chrome DevTools MCP by the end.