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Playbooks, templates, tools, and guides. Everything you need to build with AI agents.

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The Budget LLM Spreadsheet: One Model Switch. 87% Cost Reduction.

The exact spreadsheet I use to compare LLM costs per task. Which models to use where, when to switch, and how I cut my API bill from $340/mo to $44/mo.

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AGENTS.md Masterclass: Why the Tech Stack Mini-Map Approach Fails

Most AGENTS.md files are useless. Here's the structure that actually makes AI agents productive in your codebase.

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Claude Code Cheat Sheet: Keybindings, Hooks, and Syntax Not in the Docs

Everything I've learned using Claude Code 8 hours a day that isn't in the official documentation. Keyboard shortcuts, hook patterns, and undocumented features.

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OpenClaw Week-One Setup: Lock Your Gateway Before You Connect Anything

The exact setup sequence for OpenClaw that avoids the security mistakes 80% of new users make. Gateway config, plugin vetting, cost controls.

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Auto Mode Breakdown: How Memory Consolidation Works and What Gets Pruned

Claude Code's auto mode is powerful but opaque. Here's what actually happens to your context, what gets pruned, and how to prevent losing important information.

Pro playbook

Agentic Design Patterns — The 424-Page Google Engineer Doc, Broken Down

A senior Google engineer dropped a 424-page doc covering every agentic design pattern at the frontier. Every chapter is code-backed. Here's what matters and what you can use today.

Pro playbook

Building an AI-Powered Newsletter From Scratch: The Complete Technical Playbook

How we built Agentic Edge — a newsletter that curates itself. 376 sources, keyword scoring, trending detection, zero API costs. Full architecture and code.

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The 376 AI Sources We Monitor (And Why Most Are Noise)

Every RSS feed, subreddit, newsletter, and API we pull from — organized by signal quality. Use this as your own reading list.

Pro guide

The Anti-AI Writing Style Guide: How to Sound Human in 2026

25 banned phrases, 6 writers to study, and the exact formula for newsletter copy that doesn't sound like ChatGPT wrote it.

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The Scoring Algorithm: How We Rank 700+ Articles Without AI

The exact keyword lists, multipliers, and penalty system we use to score articles locally. No API key needed. Copy this for your own newsletter.

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The Training Dashboard: How We Built a Feed That Learns From You

The two-website architecture, feedback loop, and preference engine that makes each newsletter better than the last.

Pro playbook

Newsletter Monetization: Custom Stripe Integration vs Platforms

Why we went custom instead of Buttondown or Substack, the exact pricing tiers, and how to set up Stripe Checkout in 30 minutes.

Pro playbook

The Vibecoding Masterclass: 8 Hacks That Separate 10x AI Coders From Everyone Else

The exact tools, patterns, and CLAUDE.md structures that top developers are using in March 2026 to write better code with AI agents. Sourced from real Reddit threads.

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The Production CLAUDE.md Template (Copy-Paste Ready)

The exact CLAUDE.md file structure used by top developers. Three tiers, negative constraints, lessons learned section. Just fill in your stack.

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The March 2026 AI Coding Tool Stack: What Developers Are Actually Using

Every tool, MCP server, and plugin that real developers mentioned on Reddit this month. Tested, ranked, with install instructions.

Copy-Paste Templates

Drop these into your project. Ready to use.

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CLAUDE.md

Project context for Claude Code. The template every project needs.

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AGENTS.md

Constraints, danger zones, verification steps. Not a tech stack list.

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React Agent CLAUDE.md

Next.js + Claude API + Prisma. Pre-configured for agent projects.

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Python Agent CLAUDE.md

FastAPI + SQLAlchemy + Claude. Agent rules baked in.

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Code Review Skill

Security, performance, readability. Drop into .claude/skills/

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Security Audit Skill

OWASP Top 10 checklist as a Claude skill. Catches what you miss.

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Test Writer Skill

Edge cases, failure modes, AAA pattern. Makes Claude write real tests.

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Pre-Commit Hook

Tests, lint, typecheck, secret scan. Nothing broken gets committed.