Guides: set up and use AI agent tools
Each guide says which steps we ran (Tested, with a link to the log) and which come from vendor docs we read and cite (Reported (not run by us)). How we work.
MCP servers (6)
- How to add an MCP server to Claude Code (Reported (not run by us): from the Claude Code docs; last verified Oct 26, 2026)
The claude mcp add commands for remote and local MCP servers, scopes and status checks, from Claude Code's docs. Reported; we have not run them. - How to build an MCP server with FastMCP (Tested (smoke test, 2026-10-25, no LLM involved), stdio only; last verified Oct 26, 2026)
Install FastMCP and write a three-tool Python MCP server. Tested for the stdio run in our log; HTTP transport and client setup are from the FastMCP docs. - Figma MCP server: how to enable it (Reported (not run by us): from Figma's Help Center and developer docs; last verified Oct 26, 2026)
Who can use Figma's MCP server, remote versus desktop setup and the documented Claude Code commands. Reported from Figma's docs; we have not run it. - Git MCP server: how to set it up and what it can do (Tested (smoke test, 2026-10-25, no LLM involved); last verified Oct 26, 2026)
Install the reference Git MCP server with uv or pip. Tested for the logged no-model smoke test (start, 12 tools, git_status); client setup is from the README. - GitHub MCP server: how to set it up (Reported (not run by us): from the README and Claude Code docs; last verified Oct 26, 2026)
Set up GitHub's official MCP server, remote or local, with a token or OAuth. Reported from the README and Claude Code docs; we have not run it. - Playwright MCP server: setup, tools and what we measured (Tested (smoke test, 2026-10-25, no LLM involved); last verified Oct 26, 2026)
Install and run Microsoft's Playwright MCP server. Tested for the logged no-model smoke test (start, 25 tools, navigate); client setup is from the README.
Coding agents (8)
- Best model for OpenCode, Cline and Claude Code: options by budget (Reported (not run by us): prices and setup from vendor docs; our tool tests do not measure model quality; last verified Oct 26, 2026)
Model options for OpenCode, Cline and Claude Code by budget, with list prices and setup steps from vendor docs. No quality ranking; not benchmarked by us. - ChatGPT Work vs ChatGPT Chat vs Codex: what each is for (Reported (not run by us): from OpenAI's documentation; we have not used ChatGPT Work; last verified Oct 26, 2026)
What ChatGPT Work is and how it differs from Chat and Codex, reported from OpenAI's docs. We have not used it. - Is Claude Opus 5.5 free? Which plans include it (Reported (not run by us): from Anthropic's pricing page; we did not test access with an account; last verified Oct 26, 2026)
Is Claude Opus 5.5 free? No: not on the Free plan; included on Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise, or by API. Reported from Anthropic's pricing page. - Gemini 4 Argon API pricing: $2 and $10 per million tokens until Nov 30, then $4 and $20 (Reported (not run by us): from Google's pricing page; we have not called the API; last verified Oct 26, 2026)
Gemini 4 Argon API price: $2/$10 per million tokens through Nov 30, 2026, then $4/$20. Reported from Google's pricing page; not run by us. - Which coding agents can use GPT-6.1 Terra? (Reported (not run by us): from vendor docs and changelogs; last verified Oct 26, 2026)
Where GPT-6.1 Terra works today: Copilot, Codex and ChatGPT Work confirmed; Cursor, Claude Code, Cline and OpenCode not confirmed. Reported from vendor docs. - Is Kimi K3.1 Pro open-weight? Status of the Nov 4 promise (Reported (not run by us): from Moonshot's blog and a Hugging Face listing check; last verified Oct 26, 2026)
Status of Kimi K3.1 Pro open weights: promised by Nov 4, 2026, not on Hugging Face as of Oct 26. Reported; not run by us. - How to run Claude Code with a local model (Tested (partial, 2026-10-25): one headless edit, small local model, not Claude models; last verified Oct 26, 2026)
Point Claude Code at a local Ollama model. Tested in part: a 3B model made one edit on an exact prompt and failed on a vague one; the settings come from Ollama's docs. - Which Claude model should you use? Haiku 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, Opus 5.5 or Fable 5.1 (Reported (not run by us): Anthropic's docs plus our editorial judgement; last verified Oct 26, 2026)
Pick between Claude Haiku 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, Opus 5.5 and Fable 5.1 by task and budget, from Anthropic's docs and prices. Reported; not run by us.
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