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5 MCP Servers I Built This Year and What They Replaced
Built 5 MCP servers in 2026, retired 4 daemons and a Zapier flow Catalog and blog-index MCPs saved roughly 9 hours per week Render-queue MCP was a mistake, ripped it back out after 11 days One pattern made every server...
Read articleClaude Code's /recap and 1-Hour Caching: April's Quiet Productivity Update
Claude Code's April update added /recap, 1-hour prompt caching, forced 5-minute caching, and 500K-character MCP tool output, none of which made the marketing rounds /recap...
Claude's 200+ Connectors Changed How I Use AI
Claude's connector directory crossed 200+ one-click integrations in April 2026, up from 50 in February I tested 12 connectors over a weekend and replaced five...
MCP Servers Are How Claude Actually Talks to Everything
MCP servers expose tools, resources, and prompts to Claude through a tiny JSON-RPC protocol. Five MCP servers I run daily: GitHub, a scoped Filesystem, Playwright,...
Shopify Just Gave AI Agents the Keys to Your Store
Shopify shipped an AI Toolkit that lets coding agents manage your store through MCP. Live docs, API schemas, and validated operations. Here is what it...
Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0: MCP and A2A Built In
Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 shipped April 3 with stable APIs for .NET and Python Built-in MCP support for dynamic tool discovery and invocation across servers...
MCP Hit 97 Million Downloads. The Protocol War Is Over Before It Started.
MCP crossed 97 million monthly downloads. Anthropic donated it to the Linux Foundation. Every major AI platform adopted it. One standard won.
Best MCP Servers for Claude Code in 2026
The best MCP servers for Claude Code in 2026. File system, browser, database, and API integrations that extend Claude's capabilities.
How to Use MCP Servers to Connect Claude to Everything
MCP (Model Context Protocol) lets Claude talk to your tools directly. Here's how to set up and use MCP servers for real workflows.