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Step-by-step setups, checklists, and playbooks for running AI agents with real access.
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November 3, 2026 · 5 min read
How to roll out AI agents to your team when it isn't AI-forward yet
Not everyone on your team wants an AI agent. A practical rollout plan that starts small, keeps keys safe, and lets skeptics adopt at their own pace.
October 29, 2026 · 5 min read
Internal tools built with AI that reuse your team's credentials
Agents can build an internal dashboard in an afternoon. The hard part is auth, keys, and hosting. How to ship one on credentials you already have.
October 27, 2026 · 5 min read
How to avoid AI assistant lock-in, build once and use from any agent
Workflows built inside one AI assistant are stuck there. How to keep your team's agent tooling portable across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and ChatGPT.
October 9, 2026 · 5 min read
How to share AI workflows with your team
"Copy my prompt" doesn't scale. A concrete way to share AI agent workflows with teammates, teams, and contractors without sharing anyone's keys.
October 6, 2026 · 6 min read
AI agent guardrails for your team, without killing autonomy
How much should your team's AI agents do without asking? A practical way to set autonomy guardrails that are enforced by the platform, not the prompt.
October 2, 2026 · 5 min read
An AI agent audit log for production access
When an AI agent touches production, can you say who ran what, through which client, and what happened? How to get an agent audit trail you can use.
September 29, 2026 · 5 min read
An MCP security checklist for engineering managers
A practical MCP security checklist for engineering managers. What to ask about every MCP server your team's AI agents use, and what good looks like.
September 25, 2026 · 5 min read
How to revoke AI agent access in one place
When an agent misbehaves or a laptop goes missing, how many places do you revoke? Here's how to make agent access something you can cut off fast.
September 22, 2026 · 5 min read
Bring your own key, letting each teammate run shared tools as themselves
Shared agent tools shouldn't run as whoever built them. How to let each teammate run the same tool under their own account, with no keys shared.
September 18, 2026 · 5 min read
Sharing credentials across Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex without copying secrets
Your engineers use Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex, each with its own copy of every key. How to give every assistant the same access with zero copies.
September 15, 2026 · 5 min read
Least privilege for AI agents, a practical setup
A layer-by-layer least-privilege setup for AI agents: provider scopes, host allowlists, fill placement, package-only keys, locks, and expiry.
September 11, 2026 · 5 min read
AI agent GitHub access without handing over your token
Let an AI agent read repos, open PRs, and check CI without ever seeing a GitHub token. A step-by-step setup with fine-grained tokens and Kody.
September 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Where to store API keys for AI agents (not in agent configs)
MCP configs and .env files spread API keys across every laptop and agent. Here's how to connect agents to services without putting keys in config files.
September 4, 2026 · 5 min read
A team lead's guide to AI agent credentials
Who owns the keys when your team's AI agents call real services? A practical model for team, personal, and shared credentials.
August 31, 2026 · 5 min read
How to turn agent work into software you own
Ask once in the agent you already use, persist the working code as a package you own, then trigger it — invoke, job, webhook, or app — without paying the model again.