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'Skills' are the new format for coding with agents
The one-off prompt is dead. Knowledge now ships as reusable files that teach the agent to work the way you do.
ReadAgent security: scan skills before you install them
Installing third-party skills and plugins means installing code in your agent. NVIDIA released a scanner to catch the malicious ones.
ReadMCP consolidates as the standard for giving agents tools
The Model Context Protocol goes from novelty to infrastructure: server catalogs and pieces that give the assistant real machine control.
ReadMemory and context: the real agent bottleneck
The limit is no longer the model, it is what information reaches it and how. Dedicated memory, graph and compression tools have emerged.
ReadLocal voice and dictation: goodbye to the monthly fee
Whisper, VoxCPM and FluidVoice bring transcription and voice on-device; Pipecat and LiveKit build realtime voice agents.
ReadSAP goes all-in on the agent ecosystem
An AI Skills library, CodeConnect, an MCP Gateway and CDS-Caching 2.0: our specialty enters the agent world.
ReadVideo and image generation leaves the walled garden
ComfyUI, Remotion, OpenMontage and MoneyPrinterTurbo let you build full media pipelines without a paid app.
ReadThe self-hosting wave: goodbye to half a dozen subscriptions
A handful of mature projects now replace Google Photos, DocuSign, Calendly or Google Analytics, hosted by you.
ReadOpen models now run on your machine, and they hold up
Ollama and Open WebUI made running capable models locally trivial. Less API billing and data that never leaves home.
ReadNo results.