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Building with Claude and MCP.
Setting up MCP servers, a CLAUDE.md that earns its keep, slash commands, the servers worth installing first, and turning a good chat into a reusable workflow.
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Setting Up MCP Servers From Scratch, and Telling When They're Broken
How to add an MCP server to Claude Code or Claude Desktop, where the config actually lives, and the short checklist I run when a server won't show up.
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A CLAUDE.md That Actually Helps
My old CLAUDE.md template tried to hold everything. The one that runs this blog is about twenty lines. Here's where the file lives, what earns a line in it, and what doesn't.
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Custom Slash Commands Worth Keeping
A custom slash command is a saved prompt you run with a slash. How they work in Claude Code now that they've been folded into skills, and which of the ones in my notes actually have a job.
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Three MCP Servers I'd Install First: GitHub, Trello and a Database
GitHub, Trello and a database are the three MCP servers my notes kept coming back to. All three had drifted since I wrote them down. Here's what's current, and how I'd lock each one down.
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Turning a Long AI Conversation Into a Reusable Workflow
When a long back-and-forth with an AI finally lands somewhere good, the method is worth more than the answer. How I pull the method out and turn it into a prompt I can run again.