AI and Automation

AI agents, MCP, AI-native products, Claude and Anthropic stack, automation pipelines.

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Embedding AI agents in SaaS: 6 product decisions for 2026

Gartner expects 40% of enterprise apps to embed task-specific AI agents by end of 2026. Six product decisions separate agents that ship from agents that stall.

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A2A protocol: how to design an agent API other agents can call

A2A v1.0 shipped in March 2026. Six design steps for an A2A server: Agent Card, outcome skills, eight task states, bindings, per-call auth, versions.

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Agentic web design: what to change when agents do the buying

Gartner puts 90% of B2B buying through AI agents by 2028, over $15 trillion. Here is what changes in a product's data, feed and checkout.

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WebMCP in 2026: the browser API that lets agents use your SaaS UI

WebMCP lets a web page register tools that browser AI agents call directly. Chrome 149 runs it as an origin trial. What it changes for SaaS interfaces.

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Context engineering: what it is and how to do it for AI agents

Context engineering decides what fills a model's context window. Get it wrong and accuracy drops 39% across multi-turn tasks, whatever the prompt says.

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MCP governance in 2026: what the Linux Foundation handoff changed

Anthropic donated MCP to the Linux Foundation in December 2025. Who decides the spec now, what the 2026-07-28 release removed, and what to check.

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AI feature token cost: budget it before it eats your margin

Traditional SaaS runs 80% gross margin; AI-native products sit near 52%. The gap is token cost. Here is how we budget AI features so margins hold.

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Harden an MCP server for enterprise: SSO, audit, gateway

A 2026 scan found 33% of MCP servers had critical vulnerabilities. Here is how to add OAuth 2.1 SSO, audit trails, and a gateway to yours.

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Claude Code context window: manage it like a token budget

A fresh Claude Code session already spends about 20,000 tokens before you type. Here is how /context, /compact, and /clear keep the 200K window sharp.

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Anthropic API in Next.js: streaming, caching, and cost control

Wire Claude into a Next.js app: a server-side route handler, SSE streaming, a cached prompt prefix at 10% of input cost, and retries that survive a 429.

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Google's scaled content abuse policy: the AI pipeline that survives

Google's June 2026 spam update ran on SpamBrain in two days. What the scaled content abuse policy actually checks, and how to build a pipeline it clears.

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AI integration cost for a SaaS in 2026: real ranges

AI integration cost splits into build, run, and maintenance. Real 2026 ranges for chatbots, RAG, and agents, plus the hidden third of the bill most budgets forget.

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