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Claude Code & Agent Skills

Practical guides for Claude Code workflows, skill evaluation, and agent setup — written by Bruce Yang with sources and operating context.

Agent Skills Source Reviews

Source-based essays on Agent Skills repositories, workflow systems, and governance patterns.

Published Guides

PublishedGStack: Agent Skills for AI Coding Teams

A source-based review of GStack, Garry Tan's workflow system for Claude Code, browser QA, security review, and AI-assisted shipping discipline.

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PublishedSuperpowers: Testable Coding Agent Workflows

A practical review of Obra's Superpowers, a cross-agent skill system for brainstorming, worktrees, TDD, code review, and verified completion gates.

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PublishedCompound Engineering: Agent Workflow Review

A source-based review of Every's Compound Engineering plugin: strategy, planning, review, debugging, durable artifacts, and learning loops for AI coding teams.

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PublishedProdcraft: Governance for Agent Skills

A practical review of Prodcraft, a lifecycle-aware skills system with intake routing, artifact contracts, validators, evidence records, and public export gates.

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PublishedFour Agent Skills Systems Compared

A side-by-side interpretation of GStack, Superpowers, Compound Engineering, and Prodcraft for teams designing reliable, governed agent workflows in production.

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PublishedSkills Refiner: Governance for Agent Skills

A review of skills-refiner, a four-skill toolkit for auditing, interpreting, scanning, debugging, and governing installed Agent Skills systems over time.

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PublishedAI Writing Tools: How to Choose the Right Stack

A practical, vendor-neutral guide to selecting AI writing tools for real workflows.

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PublishedAI Image Tools: A Practical Selection Guide

Choose AI image tools by workflow fit, licensing clarity, and consistent output.

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PublishedAI Image Generation Tools: Choose by Workflow

Choose AI image generation tools by workflow, prompt and reference control, consistency, revision effort, rights, and delivery fit using one test brief.

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PublishedAI SEO Tools: Evaluation Framework for Content Teams

A framework to evaluate AI SEO tools by workflow impact and content quality.

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PublishedAI Video Tools: How to Select a Production-Ready Stack

Compare AI video tools by workflow reliability, editing depth, and export quality.

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PublishedAI Video Editing Tools: How to Choose by Workflow

Choose AI video editing tools by source footage, editing control, review workflow, and export fit. Test each shortlist on the same real project.

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PublishedAI Video Generation Tools: Choose by Workflow

Choose AI video generation tools by input workflow, shot control, continuity, revision effort, rights, and export fit using one repeatable test brief.

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PublishedAI Resume Tools: Choose by Workflow

Choose AI resume writing tools by job fit, evidence fidelity, tailoring control, review effort, and export workflow. Test every draft against a real role.

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PublishedAI Blog Writing Tools: Choose by Workflow

Choose AI blog writing tools by research fit, brief fidelity, source handling, revision control, and publishing workflow. Test with real article briefs.

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PublishedAI Coding Tools: Practical Selection Guide for Product Teams

Evaluate AI coding tools by code quality, review workflow, and security fit.

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PublishedAI Meeting Notes Tools: Selection Guide for Busy Teams

Choose AI meeting notes tools by transcript accuracy, action tracking, and integrations.

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PublishedAI Transcription Tools: Accuracy and Workflow Evaluation Guide

Benchmark transcription tools for speed, language coverage, and editing workflow.

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PublishedAI Chatbot Tools: Evaluation Guide for Support and Growth Teams

Assess chatbot tools by containment rate, handoff quality, and deployment control.

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PublishedAI Translation Tools: Guide for Teams Shipping Multilingual Content

Select translation tools by quality consistency, terminology control, and review workflow.

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PublishedAI Agent Tools: Selection Guide for Automation Teams

Evaluate AI agent tools by autonomy boundaries, workflow reliability, and human oversight.

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PublishedAI Presentation Tools: Selection Guide for Teams Shipping Decks Fast

Compare AI presentation tools by narrative control, brand consistency, and edit speed.

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Published10 PPT Skill Workflows for AI Slide Decks

Compare 10 PPT skills for AI slide decks: outline, generate, convert docs, control brand, make charts, write speaker notes, and catch review risks.

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PublishedAI Social Media Tools: Selection Guide for Lean Marketing Teams

Choose AI social media tools by channel fit, approval workflow, and output consistency.

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PublishedAI Social Media Writing Tools: How to Choose

Choose AI social media writing tools by channel fit, brief fidelity, brand control, and revision speed across posts, captions, ads, and threads.

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PublishedAI Email Writing Tools: How to Choose by Workflow

Choose AI email writing tools by job fit, personalization quality, revision speed, and integrations. Treat deliverability claims as unverified until you test.

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PublishedAI Copywriting Tools: How to Choose by Workflow

Choose AI copywriting tools by workflow fit, brief fidelity, revision speed, and channel constraints. Treat conversion-rate claims as unverified until you test.

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PublishedAI Ad Copy Tools: How to Choose by Workflow

Choose AI ad copy writing tools by brief fidelity, platform limits, claim safety, and revision speed. Treat conversion-rate claims as unverified until tested.

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PublishedAI Text-to-Speech Tools: How to Choose by Workflow

Choose AI text-to-speech tools by job fit, voice quality on your scripts, licensing, and export workflow. Treat ranked-best awards as unverified until you test.

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PublishedAI Research Tools: Selection Guide for Market and Product Teams

Evaluate research tools by source quality, synthesis depth, and citation reliability.

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PublishedAI Productivity Tools: How to Build a Lean, High-Impact Stack

Choose productivity tools by workflow overlap, adoption friction, and measurable output gains.

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PublishedHow to Evaluate a Claude Code Skill Before Installing It

A practical checklist for assessing any Claude Code skill package: safety, maintenance, install clarity, and fit.

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PublishedCLAUDE.md: The Complete Setup Guide for Claude Code Projects

Everything you need to know to configure CLAUDE.md, from project memory to team conventions.

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PublishedClaude Code Subagents: A Practical Guide to Parallel AI Work

When and how to use Claude Code subagents to split work across parallel AI instances.

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PublishedAI Release Brief: Sep 26–Oct 2, 2026

A source-checked AI release brief covering Sonnet 5.5, GPT-6.1 Sol, Codex Cloud, Gemini 4 Argon, Holo4, and practical decisions for developers now.

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PublishedGPT-6.1 Sol vs Sonnet 5.5: Coding Pilot

Compare GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5.5 with a reproducible coding pilot that measures accepted changes, review time, failures, and actual task cost.

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PublishedHolo4: How to Run a Computer-Use Pilot

Plan a Holo4 computer-use pilot with clear task boundaries, license checks, repeatable evaluation, and evidence of completed work before wider rollout.

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PublishedMCP Source Provenance: A Validation Guide

Validate MCP agent answers claim by claim with stable source IDs, attribution checks, conflicting-evidence tests, and review gates for unsupported output.

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DraftingGemini 4 Argon: Access and Long-Task Pilot

Understand Gemini 4 Argon access restrictions and its output limit, then prepare a long-task pilot with checkpoints, source evidence, costs, and review.

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DraftingOlmo-core 3: Open Training vs Open Weights

Understand Olmo-core 3, open training code, and open model weights. Choose a useful level of openness for inference, adaptation, or training research.

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