Agents Need Fake Companies: Build a Simulated Company for AI Agent Testing
Era by Eon launched fake companies Oct 5; its benchmark grades by code, not AI judges. Write the fixture spec agents sit before a model swap: seed, graders.
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WebMCP registerTool: Register Three Tools Before You Redesign Your Site
Make your site agent-callable without a redesign: register one read-only and two gated WebMCP tools with annotations, a kill path and an origin trial test.
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Declined Means Stop: An AI Agent Consent State Machine and Fail-Closed Test Matrix
Treat every AI agent consent state except granted as a hard stop. One state machine for banners, GPC, MCP elicitation and OAuth, plus a release test matrix.
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The AI Agent Pricing Page Is a Contract: Write Down What Is Never Paywalled
When agent credits run out, what still works? Put a never-paywalled table on your AI agent pricing page, and run the lapse test before you sign for one.
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AEO for AI Agents: Get Classified as AI Before You Chase Citations
Directories and answer engines decide whether your agent product counts as AI before they cite it. Build the classification sheet that gets you past that gate.
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AI Shopping Agent Checkout: The Pre-Authorization Checklist to Sign Before the Card Runs
Before an AI shopping agent checks out, sign seven lines: all-in total, caps, allowlist, expiry, scoped card, receipt and a revoke switch you have tested.
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Claude Code Mods Are In-Process Code: Keep an Extension Manifest for Every Machine
Claude Code mods run in-process, can approve tool calls and aren't sandboxed. Keep a manifest per machine, pick a managed-settings policy, pin and roll back.
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Claude Code OpenAI Compatible Proxy: The Bridge Register and the Removal Drill
Claude Code bridges expose an Anthropic-format endpoint and translate outward. Register each one, canary what it breaks, and pin allowedProviders every quarter.
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Most Precise Tool First: A Desk-Job Inventory for Computer Use Agent Workflows
Half your desk jobs should never touch the mouse. Inventory each: precise path first, blast radius, kill switch and the evidence every computer-use run owes.
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Meta Conversions API for Desktop App Install Attribution: A Four-Row Event Ledger
Meta's Conversions API has no slot for a desktop app install. Build a four-row event ledger with a consent gate, a 7-day send rule and a reconcile you own.
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Docling vs MarkItDown: Run a Twenty-File Intake Bake-off on Your Own Documents
Run Docling vs MarkItDown on twenty of your own files: a per-file log, a hand-checked truth table, and a written rule for which converter gets each file class.
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The Fast-Worker Lane Contract: Swap the Fast AI Coding Model, Keep the Lane
Fast AI coding models turn over in weeks. Write a lane contract for your cheap subagent worker, drill the swap on fixtures, and change one config line.
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Review the Trajectory, Not the Reel: OSWorld 2.0's Checkpoints for Your Own Computer-Use Runs
Three OSWorld 2.0 numbers went around in September and no two measure the same thing. Borrow its checkpoint grader to review your own computer-use runs instead.
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Own the Loop, Rent the Model: An AI Agent Harness Portability Register
Routers now rent shells, batches and key controls. Build a loop-ownership register, swap-test every part, and label what you rent before it quietly locks in.
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One Login, Many Lanes: Keep Parallel Sessions Inside the Claude Code Usage Limit
Parallel Claude Code sessions share one usage window. Pin model and effort per lane, cap subagents, kill idle wakers and sum /usage across every machine.
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Unofficial API or Official Connector: The Five-Rung Access Ladder for AI Agents After Reddit's API Shutdown
Reddit's API shutdown put dates on scraping lanes. Climb five rungs from official connector to wrapped session, and log every lane that risks an account.
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The Standing Brief: Run a Read-Only Channel Agent on an Observability MCP Server
Anthropic gave a Slack channel a standing job and a Datadog MCP server. Start a rung lower: a read-only brief with owner, toolsets, evidence and a kill switch.
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Tray Companion or Desktop AI Agent: The Decision Rule for Moving a Job
Which jobs should leave the tray for a desktop AI agent? A signal-by-signal decision table, what installs today, and a two-question exit test before any move.
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