MCP vs Skills: a practical decision guide for builders I need my agent to do X. Skill or MCP? If you build agents on Claude or anything MCP-compatible, this is the question that actually matters. The two patterns get pitched as alternatives. They are not. They solve different problems. Most production agents need both. Here is the decision rule, the framing for each, and the anti-patterns I keep
161 verified AI package hallucinations across 8.5M indexed — open dataset TL;DR: DepScope is a free MCP server + REST API that AI coding agents call before installing packages. We index 8.5M+ packages across 19 ecosystems and track 45K+ vulnerabilities in real time. We also publish a verified open corpus of LLM-hallucinated package names — every entry cross-validated daily, CC-BY-NC-SA. Cite us
What if managing your bookmarks felt like talking to a colleague? Not clicking through menus, not filling out forms, not dragging items between folders. Just saying what you want done. That's what prompt-based bookmark management looks like. LinkaGoGo connects to AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — giving your AI direct access to your bookmark
You've likely heard that "Data is the new oil". But raw oil is useless without a refinery. In the world of Big Data, Apache Spark is that refinery. Whether it's millisecond-level fraud detection or processing terabytes of logs, Spark's ability to handle massive scale with in-memory speed is why it remains a core skill for every ML & Data Engineer. Here are 5 real-world problems and exactly how Spa
Originally published at curatedmcp.com/blog/week-2026-19 The MCP marketplace continues to expand with four new servers landing this week, reflecting a clear market demand for data accessibility and content safety. Week 19 brings tools spanning SEO analytics, conversational UI, marketing data aggregation, and threat detection—a diverse mix that signals the ecosystem is moving beyond developer-centr
Data is no longer treated as a byproduct of business operations and has become one of the most valuable organizational assets. Every interaction on a banking application, e-commerce platform, hospital system, logistics network or social media service generates data continuously. As organizations increasingly adopt digital workflows, cloud platforms, machine learning systems and real-time applicati
In modern data-driven organizations, managing and analyzing data efficiently is critical. OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) and OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) are both integral parts of data management, but they have different functionalities. Understanding how they differ, and how they complement each other is essential for anyone working with data systems. Online Transaction Processing (
Why Figma MCP Isn’t Enough Why Figma MCP Alone Can’t Guarantee Production-Ready UI — and What Product Teams Must Do Instead Extraordinary results require an extraordinary team. I’m surrounded by people who treat design and development like a mission. They are warriors in the tech trenches, and this win belongs to them. No fluff. No filler. Just the facts on how we shattered our veloci