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01 Where Claude and Codex Skills Are Stored: Install, Verify, and Fix Them editorial image Where Claude and Codex Skills Are Stored: Install, Verify, and Fix Them

Exact Claude Code and OpenAI Codex skill paths, valid SKILL.md structure, install checks, and a practical troubleshooting flow for skills that do not show up.

 02 AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md vs Cursor Rules: Which Instruction File Should You Use? editorial image AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md vs Cursor Rules: Which Instruction File Should You Use?

A practical guide to choosing AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, or Cursor rules for repo instructions, Claude-specific memory, editor behavior, monorepos, and team workflows.

 03 MCP Config Locations for Coding Agents: Claude, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot editorial image MCP Config Locations for Coding Agents: Claude, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot

Find the right MCP config file for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot cloud agent, with commit-safe guidance and verification commands.

 04 Why Your MCP Server Is Not Showing Up: A Debugging Checklist for Developers editorial image Why Your MCP Server Is Not Showing Up: A Debugging Checklist for Developers

A practical MCP debugging checklist for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot when a server is configured but tools do not appear.

 05 Skills, Slash Commands, Hooks, Subagents, and MCP: What Each Layer Does editorial image Skills, Slash Commands, Hooks, Subagents, and MCP: What Each Layer Does

Understand when to use instructions, skills, slash commands, hooks, subagents, and MCP servers in Claude Code, Codex, and modern coding-agent workflows.

 06 Claude Code Memory Locations: How CLAUDE.md Is Loaded and Overridden editorial image Claude Code Memory Locations: How CLAUDE.md Is Loaded and Overridden

Learn where Claude Code loads CLAUDE.md, CLAUDE.local.md, rules, imports, and auto memory, plus how to debug ignored or conflicting instructions.

 07 Coding Agent Permissions: How to Let Agents Edit, Run, Browse, and Ask Safely editorial image Coding Agent Permissions: How to Let Agents Edit, Run, Browse, and Ask Safely

A practical permission model for coding agents: when to allow reads, edits, tests, browser actions, MCP tools, PRs, external writes, and deploys.

 08 How to Configure Secrets and Environment Variables for AI Coding Agents editorial image How to Configure Secrets and Environment Variables for AI Coding Agents

Configure secrets for coding agents without leaking keys into prompts, logs, screenshots, MCP config, background agents, or committed files.

 09 Browser Automation for Coding Agents: Playwright MCP, Localhost, and Screenshots editorial image Browser Automation for Coding Agents: Playwright MCP, Localhost, and Screenshots

Learn when to give a coding agent browser access, how Playwright MCP fits, and how to verify localhost UI work with screenshots, viewports, accessibility checks, and PR evidence.

 10 Background Coding Agents Explained: Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Remote Dev Environments editorial image Background Coding Agents Explained: Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Remote Dev Environments

Understand how background coding agents work, how Cursor and GitHub Copilot run remote tasks, and what teams need for setup, secrets, MCP tools, PR review, and rollout controls.