Context Is a Budget — Eight levers and three workflow patterns
Table of Contents Where the tokens actually goThe Eight LeversA. Context engineering — scope your asksB. Prompt caching — order mattersC. Tool & MCP hygiene — every schema is a taxD. Custom instructions & skills — codify it onceE. Model ...
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Introducing skills.boxlang.io — The Open Agent Skills Ecosystem for BoxLang & the Ortus World
Table of Contents 🤔 The Problem: AI Knowledge Doesn’t Scale by Copy-Paste🎓 What Is a Skill?📥 Install in Seconds: Two Paths, One Standard⚡ Option 1 — npx skills (works everywhere)🥊 Option 2 — ColdBox CLI (deep BoxLang/ColdBox integration)🔷 Core Repositories …
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How to Develop AI Agents Using BoxLang AI: A Practical Guide
Table of Contents What we’ll CoverPrerequisitesStep 1 — Install BoxLangStep 2 — Install the bx-ai ModuleStep 3 — Set Up Your .env FileStep 4 — Configure config/boxlang.jsonStep 5 — Run Your First ScriptWhat Are AI Agents?What Is BoxLang AI?Core Concept …
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BoxLang AI Deep Dive — Part 7 of 7: MCP — The Protocol That Connects Everything
Table of Contents 🔌 Consuming MCP Servers — The Client SideSeeding Agents with MCP ServersHow MCPTool Works🖥️ Building MCP Servers — The Server SideSimple ServerHTTP Transport for WebWeb Application Integration🔒 Enterprise Security FeaturesCORSRequest Body Size LimitsAPI Key ValidationAutomatic Security HeadersSecurity …
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BoxLang AI Deep Dive — Part 6 of 7: Memory Systems & RAG — Building AI That Remembers
Table of Contents 🧠 Two Categories of Memory📋 Standard Memory TypesSummary Memory — How It Actually Works🔍 Vector Memory TypesHybrid Memory — The Best of Both🏢 Per-Call Multi-Tenant Identity Routing📚 Document Loaders🔗 Building a Complete RAG PipelineStep 1: IngestStep 2: …
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BoxLang AI Deep Dive — Part 2 of 7: Building a Production-Grade AI Tool Ecosystem
Table of Contents 🏗️ The Tool Hierarchy🧱 BaseTool — The Abstract FoundationFluent Schema Description⚡ ClosureTool — Zero-Boilerplate Tool CreationTools Get the Full Chat Request🗄️ The Global AI Tool RegistryModule Namespacing@AITool Annotation ScanningTwo-Step Resolution🔧 Built-In Core Tools — now@bxai🔌 MCPTool — …
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BoxLang AI Deep Dive — Part 1 of 7: The Skills Revolution 🎓
Table of Contents 🧠 What Is a Skill?📄 The SKILL.md File Format🔧 Creating Skills⚡ Two Injection ModesAlways-On SkillsLazy / Available SkillsThe loadSkill Tool — Auto-Registered, Not MagicPromoting Lazy Skills Mid-Session🌍 Global Skills Pool🎨 How Skills Render🔍 Introspection📋 Full Skills API …
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JC-AI Newsletter #15
Over the past two weeks, the field of artificial intelligence has continued its remarkable pace of advancement. As AI becomes increasingly woven into the fabric of daily life, shaping how we work, communicate, and make decisions, it is both timely …
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JC-AI Newsletter #14
Two weeks have passed and a lot have been happening on the field of artificial-intelligence. Two weeks have passed and a lot has been silently yet visibly happening in the field of artificial intelligence. This newsletter brings interesting developments, including …
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From “Crypto AI” to general AI: Do AI agents dream of electric langoustines?
Table of Contents The shift that matters for agent commerce – From “Crypto AI” to general AIWhat changed in x402 and ERC-8004 in the last month or so?This is the moment that unlocked agent commerceWhat is still missing?What does the …
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🌊 Windsurf AI + Sonar: The Agentic Dream Team for Java Devs 🚀
Table of Contents What is Windsurf AI?Main characteristics that make Windsurf differentThe Usual Flow and the “Verification” ProblemWhat are Agent Skills?Example: A Skill with Command ExecutionThe Problem: Local Skills vs. The Cloud ☁️What is MCP technology?Let me introduce you to …
