Claude Code in Production: Hooks, MCP & Custom Skills
Hooks, plugins, MCP servers, skills, and CLAUDE.md turn Claude Code into your production dev workflow. Here's how each extension point works.
Lab // Technical notes
AI Engineering Lab: Technical Deep Dives
Technical deep dives into AI agent engineering — architecture patterns, protocol internals, and the implementation details behind production-grade systems.
Anatomy of an AI Agent: How MCP Connects Your Systems
MCP is to AI agents what USB is to peripherals. How the protocol works, how to build an MCP server, and what production deployment requires.
AI Agent System Prompts: What Claude Code Reveals
We dissect Claude Code's actual system prompt and extract the design principles that make AI agents reliable and safe in production.
Anatomy of an AI Agent: How Tool Calling Actually Works
A technical breakdown of the tool-calling loop that powers modern AI agents — from prompt design to execution sandboxing.