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AI How-To
Step-by-step tutorials for specific AI workflows. Practical guides for ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and the broader AI tool stack.
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Vibe Coding vs Prompt Engineering vs Context Engineering
Three terms everyone in AI circles uses but few define clearly. Here is what vibe coding, prompt engineering, and context engineering actually mean.
How to Give Your AI Agent Long-Term Memory with MCP
Your agent forgets everything when the context window ends. Here is how to wire a memory MCP server so it stores and recalls facts across sessions with no glue code.
Build an AI Customer Support Workflow with n8n and OpenAI
A practical 4-day walkthrough for automating ticket routing, CRM updates, and repetitive replies using n8n workflows and the OpenAI API.
How to Train Claude to Match Your Brand Voice
Stop getting beige AI copy. Here is the exact system to give Claude your brand rules so every output sounds like you, not a generic chatbot.
Claude Code Video Skills: How to Choose the Right One
Claude Code has six video generation skills and each solves a different problem. Here is how to match the right skill to your actual build.
How an Anthropic Engineer Uses Claude for Personal Projects
Felix Rieseberg walks through his real Claude workflows: 3D floor plan walkthroughs, automated promise tracking, and a $20 AI hardware buddy.
Claude Code Review Prompts That Think Like a Principal Engineer
Generic AI code reviews miss real bugs. These Claude prompts surface auth flaws, scale bottlenecks, and architectural risks before they reach production.
Prompt Engineering Techniques That Actually Work in 2026
Ten proven prompt engineering techniques to get consistently better results from ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI models, with examples you can copy today.
How to Build a Voice AI Booking Agent With ElevenLabs and n8n
A 60-day production report: 7 restaurants, 200 bookings a month, native Italian voice, and an €87/month stack built on ElevenLabs and n8n.
Gemma 4 Vision OCR: Replace a Paid API With a Free Local Script
Run OCR locally for free using Gemma 4's 4B vision model. This guide covers the exact script and preprocessing steps that cut a $50/month API bill to zero.
How to Use Gemini Omni: Best Prompts and Use Cases
Gemini Omni turns text, images, and audio into editable video through conversation. How to access it, prompt it well, and put it to work.
How to Build SEO Reports with Claude Code and Search Console
Connect Google Search Console data to Claude Code, generate custom visualizations, and create flexible SEO reporting workflows for stakeholder meetings.
How Anthropic Engineers Use HTML Instead of Markdown in Claude Code
An Anthropic engineer argues only 1% of AI-generated tokens become production code. The rest should be rich HTML plans, dashboards, and throwaway micro-apps.
Claude Code HTML Workflows That Replace Markdown
Anthropic engineer Thariq Shihipar shows three HTML workflows for Claude Code: interactive brainstorming, disposable micro-apps, and living design systems.
How RAG Works: Retrieval Augmented Generation Explained
RAG connects language models to external knowledge so answers stay current and grounded. Learn how retrieval augmented generation works, when to use it, and how to build it.
How to Reduce AI Coding Assistant Hallucinations with Context Files
Practical context management strategies that stop AI coding tools from inventing functions, duplicating features, and burning through your token budget on growing codebases.
How to Use OpenAI Codex on Your Phone
OpenAI Codex now runs inside ChatGPT on iOS and Android. Here is a practical playbook for steering code tasks from your phone without a laptop.
How to Optimize Llama.cpp With the New Qwopus3.5-9B GGUF Model
Speed up local AI coding agents by combining llama.cpp MTP optimizations with the new Qwopus3.5-9B GGUF model. A step-by-step setup and tuning guide for 2026.
How to Build AI Automation Workflows with n8n
Learn how to connect AI models like GPT and Claude to 400+ apps using n8n's visual workflow builder. Practical setups for real business automation.
Model Context Protocol: How MCP Connects AI to Your Tools
Model Context Protocol is the open standard letting AI models call tools, query databases, and read files without writing custom glue code per integration.
How to Build a Claude Projects Knowledge Base
Claude Projects stores files, notes, and instructions that persist across every chat. Here is how to turn that persistence into a working knowledge base.
5 Things Every AI Builder Should Ship Before 2026 Ends
A prioritized checklist of what separates AI builders who ship from those who stall. Five concrete artifacts to get out the door before December 2026.
How to Keep an AI Agent Reliable When Its Tool Calls Fail
A practical guide for AI builders on designing fault-tolerant tool-calling agents. Retry strategies, fallback chains, error budgets, and observability that keep agents productive.
AI Agents Explained: What They Are and How to Build One
AI agents autonomously perform tasks using reasoning, tools, and memory. Learn what they are, how they work, and build your first one with MCP in 2026.
Build a Daily AI News Brief in 325 Lines of Python
Ship a complete Collect, Synthesize, Deliver AI news pipeline in 325 lines of Python, running on a $5 VPS for under $0.15 per month.
How to build an AI inbox: triage 200 emails in 10 minutes (2026)
A practical walkthrough for triaging a 200-email inbox in under 10 minutes using Claude, an MCP server for Gmail, and a four-bucket system prompt. Real workflow, real prompts.
How to set up your first AI agent with MCP tools (2026)
A practical eight-step walkthrough for setting up your first AI agent using Model Context Protocol servers. Install, test, extend, deploy.
How to build a working app in 7 days using only AI (no dev team)
A day-by-day plan to ship a working web app in seven days using Claude Code, Cursor, Next.js, Supabase, and Vercel. The exact stack and the prompts that move it forward.
How to use Claude for research without hallucinations (2026)
Eight patterns that cut Claude's hallucination rate to near zero on research work: ground truth, retrieval, citation rules, uncertainty flags, browse mode, and double-check loops.
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