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AgentStack reads the SDK docs, tracks the GitHub repos, and files the briefing — so you choose the right platform once. Four desks: agent platforms, build guides, skills & MCP, and trending repos, written for technical-curious professionals who want to ship agents, not become ML researchers.
Choose your platformWhy it matters — Eight platforms mapped to eight use cases with honest trade-offs sourced from official docs and community deployments. Start with your use case, work backwards.
Reproducible 2-hour build: Claude Desktop + Gmail MCP + a four-bucket triage prompt. Failure modes and the hard rule against autonomous send in month one.
Build an AI Inbox Triage Agent with Claude Desktop and Gmail MCPSKILL.md, MCP, ClawHub, and Hermes Skills Hub mapped in one place. Which standard is winning and how one skill file runs across 40+ agent products.
MCP and Agent Skills: Every Registry and Standard That MattersClaude Agent SDK cookbook walkthrough: stateless one-liner, stateful multi-turn agent, parallel subagents. Citations, cost controls, and when each tier fits.
Build a Deep Research Agent in 15 Lines with the Claude Agent SDKStar-count-grounded roundup of 8 repos gaining traction in the agent space as of July 2026 — from the 380k-star OpenClaw to TypeScript-native Mastra.
The Hottest AI Agent GitHub Repos Right Now (July 2026 Roundup)Under-covered but with 16k+ stars and growing fast. When strict typing is worth the overhead and when to reach for CrewAI or LangGraph instead.
Pydantic AI: Type-Safe Agent Framework for Production PythonEight platforms mapped to eight use cases with honest trade-offs sourced from official docs and community deployments. Start with your use case, work backwards.
Which AI Agent Platform Should You Use in 2026? A Decision GuideHands-on breakdowns of every major platform — Claude Agent SDK and Managed Agents, OpenAI Agents SDK and Responses API, Google ADK, Hermes Agent, OpenClaw, LangGraph, CrewAI, and more. We cover release notes, architecture trade-offs, and the decision criteria that actually matter for your use case.
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End-to-end walkthroughs for concrete agent use cases: inbox triage, deep research, code review automation, CRM enrichment, and more. Each guide is tied to a real platform's documented API, includes cost estimates, and shows what breaks and why.
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Coverage of the emerging interoperability layer — the SKILL.md open standard (agentskills.io), the MCP ecosystem across registries like Smithery, MCP.so, and registry.modelcontextprotocol.io, ClawHub, and the Hermes Skills Hub. How to find, install, and write skills that work across 40+ compatible agents.
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Weekly-paced roundups of the GitHub repos gaining traction in the agent space, notable framework releases, funding moves, and new platform features. Grounded in real star counts and changelog diffs, not press releases.
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