- Sep 06, 2026 6 min read
Giving a model hands, and deciding what it may touch
An agent is a model that can use tools and take steps, not just answer. The fifth stop on the AI roadmap: how that loop works, the patterns that make it reliable, and the guardrails that keep it from doing damage at speed.
- Sep 02, 2026 8 min read
CLI, API, or MCP: how AI actually touches your software
When you give an AI agent access to your tools, it crosses one of three bridges. Each one has a different price, a different failure mode, and a different reason to exist.