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Latest Articles

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AI & Engineering Practices

AG-UI 1.0: The Open Event Protocol That Connects Any AI Agent to Any Application Interface

An in-depth technical analysis of CopilotKit's AG-UI 1.0 protocol specification, JSON Schema event streams, multimodal tool results, and the MCP-A2A-AGUI triad.

18 mins read · September 30, 2026
AI & Engineering Practices

Claude Plugin Directory Developer Portal: Architecture, Packaging, Review Pipeline, and Enterprise Ecosystem Boundary

Anthropic launches the official Claude Plugin Directory Developer Portal, enabling developers to build, submit, test, sandbox, and analyze enterprise Claude plugins.

7 mins read · September 25, 2026
AI & Engineering Practices

Claude Cowork in Every Conversation: Unifying Quick Prompts, Deep Knowledge Work, and Artifacts Across One Thread

Anthropic unifies Claude Cowork into every conversational thread, eliminating mode pickers while bringing Claude Design, Slides, and Docs natively inside…

13 mins read · September 16, 2026
AI & Software Engineering

Context Engineering for Developers: How to Feed IDE Agents the Perfect Codebase State

Master context engineering for IDE agents. Learn context window optimization, AST indexing, repository structuring, and custom rule design for LLMs.

15 mins read · July 10, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

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What is “Context Engineering for Developers” about?

Master context engineering for IDE agents. Learn context window optimization, AST indexing, repository structuring, and custom rule design for LLMs.

Who wrote this article and when was it published?

Written by Vatsal Shah, an AI Leader and Solution Architect based in Ahmedabad, India, and published on July 10, 2026. Reading time is 21 min read. It is filed under AI & Software Engineering.

How can I apply this in my own organization?

Use the sections of this article as a working checklist, adapt each step to your platform and risk profile, and record the decisions you make. To discuss Context Engineering for Developers for your team, request a briefing at https://shahvatsal.com/contact.

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