02 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
This post shows how to take the C# MCP Tools hosted-agent template installed by Foundry Toolkit and make it work both in VS Code’s local Agent Inspector and in the Foundry hosted …
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Read article →02 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
I started with the Foundry Toolbox MCP Skills sample installed through the Foundry Toolkit in VS Code. In this post, you will learn how to recognise the difference between Agent Skills and …
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Read article →01 Aug 2026 · 36 min read
The minimum security controls for a production-grade Model Context Protocol server A practical security baseline for C#, ASP.NET Core, Streamable HTTP and Azure
Every important technology …
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Read article →26 Jul 2026 · 9 min read
A Slack bot can successfully post a message, report that Socket Mode is connected, and still ignore every message you send it.
That combination feels contradictory at first. It is not. A …
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Read article →23 Jul 2026 · 16 min read
What you will learn today Today you will learn how to:
install MCP Explorer with Docker or Podman and persist its state correctly; connect a Streamable HTTP MCP server and configure an LLM; …
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Read article →16 Jul 2026 · 20 min read
An MCP server can turn a natural-language request into a database query, a file write, a cloud deployment, or a customer-impacting transaction. That is the promise—and the security boundary. …
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Read article →13 Jul 2026 · 9 min read
Hermes Agent on Windows: Building Your Personal AI Software Factory Abstract
Most AI assistants answer questions. Hermes Agent goes much further—it remembers, learns, automates, connects to …
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Read article →11 Jul 2026 · 14 min read
A rotation policy question pulled a thread that unravelled into the whole design: certificate-based client credentials, the resource/client split, and the surprisingly small number of …
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Read article →25 Jun 2026 · 9 min read
Azure Functions can be a pragmatic way to expose narrow, auditable MCP tools to agents without inventing a new hosting platform. This post explains the pattern, the identity choices, and the …
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Read article →18 Dec 2025 · 9 min read
How I built a cross-platform CLI tool in 1 hour to eliminate the frustration and security risks of manually managing Entra ID access tokens across multiple environments—and why you should …
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Read article →20 Nov 2025 · 4 min read
Discover how breaking down AI-assisted development into small, focused batches—aligned with the Single Responsibility Principle—produces better code, reduces costs, and keeps developers …
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Read article →23 Apr 2025 · 5 min read
In this article, you’ll learn how VS Code connects to a remote MCP server, where trust boundaries sit, and how to troubleshoot the transport. That matters because useful AI integration …
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Read article →18 Apr 2025 · 4 min read
In this article, you’ll learn how prompt files and repository instructions shape GitHub Copilot interactions without replacing review and verification. That matters because useful AI …
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