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11 articles tagged Claude.

Claude Code Skills: What They Do and Which Ones to Use

A skill isn't an extension to the system prompt, and it doesn't do the job of an MCP server. It shapes what Claude produces without you spelling out what you want every time, and in this post I go through where a skill sits in a call, the skills worth using (my two included) and a template to build your own.

Claude · claude-code
CLAUDE.md: How to Write One That Stays Lean

In today's post, I'm taking a real CLAUDE.md from one of my projects down from 180 lines to 67. The review I ran on it came back with 23 findings, four of them serious, and I'm sharing the prompt so you can run it on your own repo.

Claude · claude-code
How to Make a PDF Report with Claude

In today's post I'm showing how I make a monthly PDF report in Claude from a CSV, and why I think it's a perfectly legitimate way to report, provided Claude checks every number against the file. A house-style Skill sets the look, and the outline is agreed before anything is built.

Claude · Automation
Claude Code Memory: How to Keep It Useful

In today's post I'm going through Claude Code memory: how CLAUDE.md and auto memory work, why they go stale, and the lint and retire-don't-delete prune that keep mine useful, plus my designs for a scheduled skill and a small knowledge graph keyed to Wikidata.

Claude · claude-code
How to set up an MCP gateway with Docker

A lot of MCP servers get pulled straight off npm and run with your permissions, which makes them a supply-chain risk. In today's post we're taking a closer look at why I run mine in Docker containers, how to set up Docker's MCP gateway for Claude Code and Claude Desktop, and what a container won't stop.

Claude · mcp
How to Use the Gemini API (and Why I Run It Next to Claude)

Get a Gemini API key, make your first call in curl and Python, dodge the thinking-token trap that returns an empty answer, and see why running Gemini next to Claude is the real unlock. Written from production - and the bills.

Claude · mcp
Which AI is right for your job? ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot, task by task

Everyone's talking about AI assistants - ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot - and if you've a real job to get through, you mostly want to know one thing: which of them will build Monday's deck, sort the badly-exported spreadsheet, write up the meeting, and clear the inbox? Here's the answer, task by task.

Claude · gemini
How to prevent AI hallucinations in your work: the fact-check I run, and what the research says

A single factual error on your site and you're toast. Here's the check I run: my own MCPs find what needs checking and get a second opinion from a separate model, and the primary page settles it. I ran it for real on Saturn's moon count, a number from this page that was already out of date, and set it against what the 2025-26 research says reduces hallucinations.

Claude · strategy
What is RAG, and what could it do in your company?

Your AI confidently answers questions about your business with public-internet knowledge. RAG is the architecture that gets your actual contracts, customer list and operating playbook into the conversation, with citations. Here is what it is, where it sits next to long context and MCP, and what it changes if you sponsor the work this quarter.

Claude · strategy
A beginner's guide to Claude hooks

Claude Code hooks are small scripts that fire automatically at specific moments in a coding session. They give you deterministic control where CLAUDE.md instructions only get probabilistic compliance. This beginner's guide covers what hooks do, the five events you need to know, the exit-code gotcha that catches almost everyone, and the community projects worth installing before you write your own.

Claude · claude-code
AI for CEOs: How to Plan, Pilot and Measure AI in Your Business

It's time to look at AI through the eyes of a plan. In today's post I'm walking through how a senior team forms one from the work it already knows is a waste, how to pilot and measure the first process, and what it will need to support you.

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