Guides
How-To Guides
How-to guides and techniques for agent-ready API product work.
API Cost Control for AI Agents
AI agent cost control is an architecture problem before it's a pricing one. Measure cost per completed task, and build your APIs and MCP tools around it.
Read it →Fine-Grained Access Control for MCP Servers
MCP servers need least-privilege scoping, not one key for everything. Patterns for scoping tools by function, short-lived credentials, real CVE lessons.
Read it →Governing AI Gateway Sprawl
Teams stand up AI gateways independently and end up with no shared governance. What a gateway does, and how to bring API discipline to it.
Read it →How to Choose Which APIs to Make Agent-Ready
A practical way to decide which of your APIs need agent-ready work first, based on evidence instead of guesswork. Ends with a free 12+2 point checklist.
Read it →The Agent Access Stack: APIs, CLI, MCP, Skills
APIs are the foundation. MCP servers and CLIs wrap them. Skills teach agents to use them well. Get the API wrong and nothing above it works.
Read it →What Agents Want From Your Product
Agents don't want your UI. They look for an API, an MCP server, a CLI, or a skill, and they pick the products that give them one.
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