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Educators
Matt Pocock
AI Hero · Beginner to advanced
Practical developer-focused AI education across LLM fundamentals, AI SDK app development, MCP, Claude Code workflows, agent-ready codebases, evals, TDD, handoffs, and reusable skills such as /teach, /grill-me, /to-prd, /to-issues, /tdd, /triage, and /handoff.
Skills
AI coding, Claude Skills, Agentic workflows, AI SDK, MCP, LLM fundamentals, Personalized learning
Matthew Berman
Forward Future · Beginner to intermediate
Useful when you want creator-led walkthroughs, current open-source experiments, and practical explanations without reading raw docs all day.
Skills
AI agents, Open-source AI, Vibe coding, MCP, AI workflows
Mervin Praison
PraisonAI · Intermediate
A practical open-source builder path for learners who want agent patterns, examples, and tool integrations they can inspect directly.
Skills
AI agents, Multi-agent workflows, MCP, RAG, Open source
Providers and platforms
Hugging Face
Hugging Face Learn · Beginner to advanced
One of the best free ecosystems for learning open-source AI by building with models, datasets, spaces, agents, context engineering, and MCP workflows.
Topics
Agents, Context engineering, MCP, Transformers, Post-training, Open models
Anthropic
Anthropic Academy and Claude docs · Beginner to advanced
Official material for learning Anthropic's current Claude family, model tradeoffs, Claude Code, MCP, computer use, practical prompt workflows, and team model-governance workflows without relying on third-party summaries.
Topics
Claude models, Claude Code, MCP, Computer use, AI fluency, Frontier model selection, Model governance, Release notes
OpenAI
OpenAI docs, Academy, and Cookbook · Beginner to advanced
Official model and implementation material for learning GPT-6 Astra and cost-sensitive GPT-5.6 choices, Codex workflows, subagents, memories, agent evals, MCP and connector patterns, retrieval, background jobs, prompt engineering, production best practices, model optimization, structured outputs, and OpenAI's Academy learning path.
Topics
GPT-6 Astra, GPT models, Reasoning models, Model selection, Agents, Subagents, RAG, Structured outputs, MCP, Evals, Memories
Perplexity
Perplexity API quickstart · Beginner to advanced
Official material for learning web-grounded AI search, Agent API workflows, citations, MCP-server access, retrieval, and model choice.
Topics
AI search, Search API, Agent API, Grounded answers, Model selection, Research workflows, MCP
Learning paths
Context engineering and MCP
Developers using coding agents and tool-connected workflows
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- How to structure instructions, memories, and skills
- When to use MCP servers versus retrieval or file search
- Subagents, hooks, and tool boundaries
- How to keep agent context small, relevant, and testable
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Model Context Protocol Tutorial
Free tutorial · Matt Pocock · Intermediate
You want to understand MCP and build TypeScript MCP servers over stdio or HTTP, connect Claude Code to tools, use MCP prompts, and package servers for distribution.
mcp, typescript, claude code, tool calling, agents
AI Coding Dictionary
Dictionary · Matt Pocock · Beginner to intermediate
You want plain-English definitions for agentic coding concepts such as context windows, tools, MCP, handoffs, skills, subagents, feedback loops, and agent-ready work.
ai coding, agent vocabulary, context engineering, claude skills
MCP: Build Rich-Context AI Apps with Anthropic
Short course · DeepLearning.AI · Intermediate
You want a hands-on MCP course for connecting tools, context, and Claude-powered apps.
mcp, anthropic, tool use, context engineering, agents
Hugging Face MCP Course
Free course · Hugging Face · Beginner to intermediate
You want a free structured MCP path with concepts, assignments, SDKs, and a certificate route.
mcp, model context protocol, agents, tools, integrations
Introducing the Agents API
Managed agent API launch and guide · OpenAI · Intermediate to advanced
You want OpenAI's September 10, 2026 launch guide for building long-running cloud agents with the managed Codex harness, context compaction, tool search, multi-agent delegation, and your choice of hosted or self-managed sandbox.
openai, agents, codex, context compaction, multi-agent
OpenAI Codex hooks
Coding agent guide · OpenAI · Intermediate to advanced
You need lifecycle hooks that run scripts or MCP tools around Codex sessions, prompts, tool calls, compaction, subagents, permissions, validation, logging, or persistent-memory workflows.
openai, codex, hooks, mcp, automation
OpenAI Site tools with WebMCP
Web agent guide · OpenAI · Intermediate
You want a website to expose predefined actions directly to ChatGPT Work or Codex in the built-in browser, using the same live page and signed-in session as the user.
openai, webmcp, site tools, browser agents, codex
Qwen Code September 3 weekly update
Coding agent release notes · Qwen · Beginner to advanced
You want Qwen's September 3, 2026 practical guide to its latest coding-agent workflows, including learning-oriented output styles, scheduled tasks, a browser terminal, safer workspace writes, skills, MCP stability, and current vision-model support.
qwen code, coding agents, output styles, scheduled tasks, web shell
Anthropic Model Hardware Standard preview
Agent interoperability standard · Anthropic · Intermediate to advanced
You want Anthropic's August 27, 2026 research preview of a model-agnostic standard for connecting agents to lab and manufacturing hardware through programmable interfaces and protocols such as MCP, with safety evaluation built into the rollout.
anthropic, model hardware standard, agents, mcp, robotics
Automation's Early Footprint
Open research and dataset · Cohere · Intermediate
You want an evidence-based map of what public agent tools actually automate, built from Cohere's September 3, 2026 open Agentic Task Ecosystem dataset of roughly 696,000 tools across 123,000 MCP servers.
cohere, agents, mcp, automation, open dataset
OpenAI Tool search
Guide · OpenAI · Intermediate to advanced
Your agent has a large function, namespace, or MCP catalog and you want GPT-5.4 or later models to load only the tool definitions needed at runtime, reducing context use while preserving prompt-cache efficiency.
openai, agents, tool search, deferred tools, mcp
Automating repetitive work at OpenAI with Codex
Practical guide · OpenAI · Intermediate
You want an August 25, 2026 field guide to capturing recurring engineering and evaluation work in reviewable notebooks, keeping approval boundaries explicit, and feeding lessons from earlier agent runs into the next run.
openai, codex, automation, evals, runbooks
How to Choose the Best AI Model (Live, in Your Editor)
Model selection guide · OpenRouter · Intermediate
You want a practical six-step workflow for shortlisting models from live data, testing them on your own prompts, measuring cost per completed task, and choosing or routing from inside a coding assistant.
openrouter, model selection, evals, benchmarks, cost
Codex for Builders
Official training · OpenAI · Intermediate
You want OpenAI's practical Codex overview for real development workflows, including the CLI, IDE, GitHub, GPT-5-Codex, MCP, and code-review patterns.
openai, codex, coding agents, cli, ide
OpenAI MCP and connectors
Guide · OpenAI · Intermediate
You need the official OpenAI path for wiring MCP servers and connectors into agent workflows instead of inventing your own tool contract.
openai, mcp, connectors, agents, tool use
Codex changelog
Release notes · OpenAI · Beginner to advanced
You need the current Codex feature timeline before teaching a workflow that depends on new app, CLI, subagent, skill, or MCP behavior.
openai, codex, release notes, subagents, skills
OpenAI Secure MCP Tunnel
Guide · OpenAI · Intermediate to advanced
You need to expose a private MCP server to OpenAI products without opening inbound firewall ports or publishing the server on the public internet.
openai, mcp, secure tunnel, private tools, agents
OpenAI deep research guide
Guide · OpenAI · Intermediate to advanced
You want the official OpenAI path for long-running research tasks that combine reasoning, web search, remote MCP servers, and detailed cited reports.
openai, deep research, web search, mcp, research workflows
Anthropic Courses
Official learning hub · Anthropic · Beginner to advanced
You want Anthropic's current course list for Claude API work, MCP, Claude Code, skills, and AI fluency instead of piecing course links together from blog posts.
anthropic, claude, courses, mcp, claude code
Anthropic Academy
Official learning hub · Anthropic · Beginner to advanced
You want official Anthropic courses for AI fluency, Claude Code, MCP, or Claude API development before diving into narrower docs.
anthropic, claude, ai fluency, claude code, mcp
Anthropic MCP guide
Guide · Anthropic · Intermediate
You want Anthropic's official guidance for exposing tools and data to Claude through MCP instead of only reading the base spec.
anthropic, mcp, agents, tool use, connectors
Gemini coding agent setup
Guide · Google AI for Developers · Intermediate
You want Google's official setup path for Gemini-driven coding-agent workflows, Gemini Docs MCP, and skills rather than generic prompt advice.
gemini, coding agents, developer tools, mcp, workflow setup
OpenRouter MCP Server
MCP guide · OpenRouter · Intermediate
You want OpenRouter's official MCP path for pulling live models, prices, rankings, docs, and test calls into Codex, Claude Code, or another coding assistant while you compare providers.
openrouter, mcp, model catalogs, prices, rankings
Use Codex with the Agents SDK
Guide · OpenAI · Intermediate to advanced
You want to orchestrate Codex inside a multi-agent or MCP-driven software workflow instead of using it only as a standalone coding assistant.
codex, agents sdk, mcp, subagents, coding agents
Gemini Deep Research Agent
Guide · Google AI for Developers · Intermediate to advanced
You want the latest official Google docs for long-running research agents, cited reports, background execution, and MCP-aware investigation workflows.
gemini, deep research, agents, search grounding, research workflows
Gemini coding agents with MCP and Skills
Guide · Google AI for Developers · Intermediate
You want the newest official Gemini guide for wiring docs MCP, installable skills, and coding-agent best practices into software workflows.
gemini, coding agents, mcp, skills, developer tools
Qwen Code GitHub repo
GitHub repo · Qwen · Intermediate
You want the open-source implementation details for Qwen Code, including its MCP, skill, memory, and subagent workflow surfaces.
qwen, coding agents, open source, mcp, skills
Perplexity MCP server overview
Guide · Perplexity · Intermediate
You want Perplexity's official MCP path for bringing grounded search into agent workflows and tool-connected research setups, including the newer remote-server option alongside local setup.
perplexity, mcp, search, research workflows, grounded answers
Perplexity API changelog
Release notes · Perplexity · Intermediate
You need the current Perplexity source of truth for new Agent API models, retired model IDs, MCP changes, and platform-level migration updates such as the July 2026 move from Sonar-backed tools to Agent API presets.
perplexity, agent api, release notes, model updates, migrations
Perplexity Remote MCP Server
Release note / integration guide · Perplexity · Intermediate
You want the current hosted MCP entry point at `https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp` so clients can use Perplexity search tools without installing or updating a local MCP server.
perplexity, mcp, remote server, search, research workflows
Perplexity Computer MCP Server
Integration guide · Perplexity · Intermediate to advanced
You want Perplexity's August 15, 2026 hosted computer-use MCP guide for browser automation, OAuth-backed connectors, sandboxes, and tool-based workflow execution from MCP clients.
perplexity, computer use, mcp, automation, connectors
OpenRouter Agent SDK
SDK guide · OpenRouter · Intermediate
You want a TypeScript agent loop with automatic tool dispatch, conversation state, streaming, MCP tools, and explicit step or cost stop conditions while retaining access to OpenRouter's multi-provider catalog.
openrouter, agent sdk, typescript, tool use, mcp
LangChain Open Deep Research
GitHub repo · LangChain · Intermediate to advanced
You want a configurable open-source deep-research agent that works across search tools, MCP servers, and multiple model providers.
deep research, agents, mcp, search, multi-provider
PraisonAI
GitHub repo · Mervin Praison · Intermediate
You want an open-source agent framework with examples, tutorials, memory, RAG, and MCP support you can inspect directly.
agents, multi-agent workflows, mcp, rag, open source
Hugging Face Agents
Platform docs · Hugging Face · Beginner to advanced
You want Hugging Face's top-level guide to agents, including MCP, Skills, SDKs, local agents, and hub-connected coding workflows.
hugging face, agents, mcp, skills, hub
Hugging Face MCP Server
Integration guide · Hugging Face · Intermediate
You want the official Hugging Face MCP setup guide for connecting Codex, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, or other MCP clients directly to Hub tools and search.
hugging face, mcp, hub, tools, coding agents