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Practical, plain-English guides for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and image models — prompt patterns, token limits, cost math, and agent setup.
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How to Set Up an AI Agent
A plain-English decision tree for picking an agent stack in 2026 — hosted modes, no-code, SDKs, and frameworks — with the 7 steps that actually matter.
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How to Use ChatGPT Agent Mode
How the /agent command works in ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team — the tasks it's good at, the tasks it isn't, and how to brief it.
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How to Build an Agent with the OpenAI Agents SDK
Build a working agent in Python using OpenAI's Agents SDK — tools, handoffs, guardrails, and the model-native sandbox harness.
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How to Build an Agent with the Claude Agent SDK
Install the Claude Agent SDK, write custom tools, add hooks, and compose sub-agents — the same harness that powers Claude Code.
How to Set Up Claude Code
Install Claude Code, configure permissions and CLAUDE.md, wire MCP servers, and use sub-agents and skills — the full working setup.
How to Set Up Cursor AI IDE
A practical Cursor setup — indexing, the three modes, model picks per mode, .cursorrules, and the credit-pricing gotcha that burned people in 2025.
How to Use GitHub Copilot Agent Mode
Go from a GitHub issue to a reviewable PR with Copilot Workspace — plan review, model picker, copilot-instructions.md, and iteration by comment.
How to Build a Multi-Agent System with CrewAI
A working three-agent crew in Python — Researcher, Writer, Editor — plus the four primitives, cost control, and the traps to avoid.
How to Build a Stateful Agent with LangGraph
State, nodes, conditional edges, and SQLite checkpointing — build a long-running LangGraph agent you can pause, resume, and debug.
How to Connect an Agent to MCP Tools
Install an MCP server, wire it into Claude Code, the Claude Agent SDK, or Cursor, and allow-list narrowly — plus the security rules that matter.
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