GUIDES

Guides

Short, sourced how-tos for building with AI coding agents. Each one says when it was checked against the official docs.

One AGENTS.md for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor

How to keep one rules file that every coding agent reads, and the Claude Code gotchas that make it get skipped. Checked Oct 19, 2026.

Make your coding agent prove it's done

A verification checklist based on how the Claude Code team gets agents to show their work before review. Sourced Oct 20, 2026.

AI coding model deprecations, Oct–Dec 2026

Every Copilot model retiring Oct 19 and Nov 16 with GitHub's suggested replacements, plus a command to find pinned model names in your repo. Sourced Oct 21, 2026.

Stop your coding agent from switching off its own checks

What OpenAI found when its coding agents weakened their own monitoring, plus a tested git hook that blocks quiet edits to your tests, CI and rules file. Sourced Oct 22, 2026.

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