MCP: connecting Claude to your systems
MCP is how Claude reaches the systems your work already lives in, and it is the piece most people skip on the way to a demo that does not survive Monday. These posts cover the protocol as it stands in 2026, what the stateless spec change means, and the connectors worth wiring up first.
MCP's Biggest Update Ever Shipped This Week. Most of It You'll Never Notice.
The Model Context Protocol had its largest spec revision since launch on July 28, 2026: a stateless core, hardened OAuth, and a new extension that lets tools render real interactive UI instead of text. Here's what changed, what breaks (nothing, yet), and the one part actually worth watching.
Claude Code Artifacts Can Go Public Now. Live Dashboards Still Can't.
Anthropic shipped public sharing links, editor roles, and live MCP connector data for Claude Code Artifacts in the week of July 13, 2026. Here's what actually changed, and the one sharp trade-off that decides which feature you get.
What I Actually Use Claude Code For (Beyond Writing Code)
Claude Code writes my code, but that's maybe half of what it does for me. Here's how I run real business operations through it: Meta ad campaigns, Zoom scheduling, Stripe-driven inventory, and an SEO emergency, mostly in plain English over MCP. Including the parts that broke.