Cutting AI Agent Cost: Caching, Batching, Fast Runs
Keep Claude agents cheap and fast with prompt caching, the Message Batches API, model routing, and context discipline — with copy-paste examples.
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Debugging Claude AI Agents: Loops, Bad Tool Calls, Fixes (Building Effective AI Agents)
Diagnose and fix the failures that break Claude agents: loops, wrong tool calls, and hallucinated arguments — with a copy-paste validation gate.
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Context Engineering for Claude Agents: What to Include (Building Effective AI Agents)
What to put in a Claude agent's context and what to leave out — tiered context, compaction, just-in-time retrieval — with a diagram, code, and pitfalls.
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Wiring MCP Tools Into a Claude Agent the Right Way
Connect MCP servers to a Claude agent the right way — auth at the boundary, strict schemas, structured errors, and idempotency — with code and a diagram.
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Claude Agent Patterns: Prompts, Tools, and Context (Building Effective AI Agents)
Reusable code-level patterns for Claude agents — sectioned prompts, tool catalogs as UI, tiered context, and policy-as-data — with examples and a diagram.
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Build a Claude Agent: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough (Building Effective AI Agents)
A linear, copy-paste walkthrough to build a working Claude agent — the loop, tool schemas, robust dispatch, budgets, and tracing, with code and a diagram.
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Anatomy of a Claude Agent: Architecture End to End
How a Claude agent is wired internally — model loop, context store, tool router, MCP layer, and control plane — with a diagram, code, and pitfalls.
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The Plumbing Phone Problem: How AI Voice Agents Solve It
Learn how AI voice agents help plumbing businesses automate emergency dispatch and more. Covers implementation, ROI, and real-world results.
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AI Emergency Dispatch for HVAC: How It Works and Why It Matters
Learn how AI automates emergency dispatch for hvac businesses. Covers implementation, results, and integration with ServiceTitan.
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