Anthropic API Best Practices in 2026 — Caching, Tool Use, Streaming, and Production Patterns

Practical Anthropic API: prompt caching tactics, tool use loops, streaming, batch API, retries, and pitfalls from real production deployments.

May 5, 2026 · 4 min · 795 words · Manvendra Rajpoot

Building an MCP Server for Your SaaS — A 2026 Distribution Strategy

Why an MCP server is now table stakes for SaaS distribution, what tools and resources to expose, OAuth patterns for hosted MCP, observability, and a complete working server in TypeScript.

April 30, 2026 · 7 min · 1376 words · Manvendra Rajpoot

Claude Code Skills and Agentic Coding Patterns in 2026

How Claude Code Skills work, the SKILL.md format, when skills beat tools, multi-session workflows (writer/reviewer, fresh-context review), and the agentic coding patterns that ship real production code in 2026.

April 29, 2026 · 8 min · 1703 words · Manvendra Rajpoot

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Explained — The USB-C of AI Tools

MCP from first principles — the protocol, transports (stdio, HTTP), tools/resources/prompts, why it works, and a concrete walkthrough of building an MCP server in Python and TypeScript.

April 28, 2026 · 8 min · 1648 words · Manvendra Rajpoot

Anthropic Claude API + Tool Use — A Practical Guide for 2026

How to actually use the Anthropic Claude API in production. Messages format, tool use, prompt caching for 90% cost cuts, structured outputs, streaming, and the gotchas worth knowing.

April 28, 2026 · 6 min · 1207 words · Manvendra Rajpoot