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<item><title>What Are Claude Skills? How Agent Skills Work (2026 Guide)</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/what-are-claude-skills</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/what-are-claude-skills</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Claude Skills</category><description>Claude Skills are folders of instructions, scripts and checks that Claude loads when a task needs them. How they work, where they run, which to use.</description></item>
<item><title>The Claude Code Handover: End Every Session With a File the Next One Can Act On</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/claude-code-handover</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/claude-code-handover</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Claude Code &amp; Codex</category><description>A Claude Code handover is the file a fresh session reads first. The template, the rules behind it, and a ready-to-paste prompt for the next chat.</description></item>
<item><title>SKILL.md Format Explained: Frontmatter, Folder Structure and Examples</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/skill-md-format</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/skill-md-format</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Claude Skills</category><description>SKILL.md field by field: frontmatter rules, extra fields Claude Code accepts and Claude.ai rejects, folder structure, limits and a full example.</description></item>
<item><title>Claude Skills vs MCP vs Plugins vs Subagents: Which One Do You Need?</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/claude-skills-vs-mcp-plugins-subagents</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/claude-skills-vs-mcp-plugins-subagents</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Claude Skills</category><description>Skills teach Claude a method, MCP connects it to systems, plugins package both, subagents work apart. A clear comparison with a decision flow.</description></item>
<item><title>How to Install Claude Skills in Claude.ai, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Copilot</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/how-to-install-claude-skills</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/how-to-install-claude-skills</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Claude Skills</category><description>Install a skill in Claude.ai, Claude Code, the API, Codex, Cursor and Copilot, with the exact folders and menus, plus fixes for missing skills.</description></item>
<item><title>Before Claude Code Edits Anything: A Two-Minute Session Checklist</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/claude-code-session-start</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/claude-code-session-start</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Claude Code &amp; Codex</category><description>A two-minute preflight before Claude Code edits anything: right repo, branch and clean tree. Plus how to recover work from the wrong branch.</description></item>
<item><title>How to Write a Claude Skill That Triggers and Beats Claude&#x27;s Defaults</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/how-to-write-a-claude-skill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/how-to-write-a-claude-skill</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Claude Skills</category><description>Claude can write a skill&#x27;s format in a minute; the value is what it doesn&#x27;t know. Seven steps to skills that trigger and change the outcome.</description></item>
<item><title>How to Use Claude Code and Codex Together on One Repository</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/claude-code-and-codex-together</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/claude-code-and-codex-together</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Claude Code &amp; Codex</category><description>Run Claude Code and Codex on one repo without collisions: one rulebook, CLAUDE.md vs AGENTS.md, one handover file, clear lanes and a reviewer.</description></item>
<item><title>Claude for SEO: A Workflow From Keyword Research to a Published Article</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/claude-for-seo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/claude-for-seo</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>SEO &amp; AI search</category><description>Use Claude for SEO without publishing AI slop: keyword research from evidence, one keyword per URL, verified drafts and technical checks.</description></item>
<item><title>Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): How to Get Cited by ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/generative-engine-optimization</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/generative-engine-optimization</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>SEO &amp; AI search</category><description>What research says raises visibility in AI answers, which AI crawlers to allow, what Google says about llms.txt, and how to measure it monthly.</description></item>
<item><title>Running Claude Code Overnight: Guardrails, Permissions and the Morning Report</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/run-claude-code-overnight</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/run-claude-code-overnight</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Claude Code &amp; Codex</category><description>Let Claude Code work unattended without damage: the right permission mode, a no-touch list, self-checks, and a five-minute morning report.</description></item>
<item><title>The AI Builder&#x27;s Glossary: Agents, Skills, MCP, RAG and Evals in Plain English</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/ai-glossary-for-builders</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/ai-glossary-for-builders</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>AI engineering</category><description>The AI field in five themes and 40 terms, in plain English: models, context and RAG, tools and agents, reliability, and shipping AI features.</description></item>
<item><title>RAG Explained With a Real Example: The Phrase Bank Behind a Language App</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/rag-explained-real-example</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/rag-explained-real-example</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>AI engineering</category><description>RAG explained through a real pipeline: a phrase bank built from class notes, embeddings, vector search, a grounding check and quality tests.</description></item>
<item><title>Are Claude Skills Safe? A 10-Minute Audit Before You Install One</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/are-claude-skills-safe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/are-claude-skills-safe</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Claude Skills</category><description>Skills run with your agent&#x27;s permissions. What researchers found in public skill marketplaces, a 10-minute audit, and how to limit the damage.</description></item>
<item><title>Learn German With AI: What a Daily Journal Showed Actually Works</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/learn-german-with-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/learn-german-with-ai</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Learning with AI</category><description>An almost daily German journal corrected with AI, every finding dated: what helped (yesterday&#x27;s sentence, real work texts) and what didn&#x27;t.</description></item>
<item><title>Prompt Injection Defense in Six Layers, From a Real Language App</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/prompt-injection-defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/prompt-injection-defense</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>AI engineering</category><description>No single prompt stops prompt injection. Six stacked layers from a real language app, tested with real calls, and the risk that remains.</description></item>
<item><title>How to Write LinkedIn Posts With Claude That Don&#x27;t Sound Like AI</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/linkedin-posts-with-claude</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/linkedin-posts-with-claude</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>LinkedIn &amp; outreach</category><description>Why AI-written LinkedIn posts are easy to spot, and a method that keeps a real voice: a voice profile, one question, no tells, no invented facts.</description></item>
<item><title>Grounding an LLM in Official Facts: How to Stop AI Feedback From Inventing Things</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/llm-grounding-official-facts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/llm-grounding-official-facts</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>AI engineering</category><description>Make an LLM check answers only against official facts you supply, never its memory. A worked example with tests, and why code gets the last word.</description></item>
<item><title>Where to Find Claude Skills: Official, Community and Paid Options Compared</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/where-to-find-claude-skills</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/where-to-find-claude-skills</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Claude Skills</category><description>Anthropic&#x27;s skills repo, the official plugin marketplace, community directories and paid packs, compared on review, cost and how to install.</description></item>
<item><title>How to Evaluate LLM Output Without Fooling Yourself</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/evaluate-llm-output</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/evaluate-llm-output</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>AI engineering</category><description>Seven evaluation rules from 55+ auditable LLM runs with zero retracted numbers: re-derive numbers, check confounds, compare on the same items.</description></item>
<item><title>Speech-to-Text for Language Learners: Why Transcription Hides Your Mistakes</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/whisper-speech-to-text-language-learning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/whisper-speech-to-text-language-learning</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>AI engineering</category><description>Most transcription quietly repairs a learner&#x27;s grammar. The Whisper settings that keep mistakes, how to stop silence hallucinations, and a test.</description></item>
<item><title>Before You Launch an AI Feature: Budgets, LLM Rate Limiting and Consent</title><link>https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/llm-rate-limiting-budgets-launch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.aitoolconsultant.com/blog/llm-rate-limiting-budgets-launch</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>AI engineering</category><description>Before an AI feature goes public: budgets at three levels, rate limits counted in a database, handling 429s, consent for analytics, and rollback.</description></item>
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