Maintained decision intelligence
What changed — and what it changes for your stack
Not a news feed. Each brief starts with primary sources, marks confidence and verification dates, and ends at a concrete use, don't-use, or test-next boundary.
Priority signal
The decision to understand first
Meaningful changes
What may change a current plan
MCP Apps: when an agent tool needs an interactive UI
A decision guide to MCP Apps, ui:// resources, host support, sandbox boundaries, and when a normal tool or web app is the better fit.
OpenAI Agents API: managed agent runtime or your own stack?
A decision brief on the OpenAI Agents API: what is managed, what remains yours, and when the runtime boundary fits.
Harnesses, runtimes & durable execution
Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0: the migration decision
What Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 changes for AutoGen and Semantic Kernel users, and why migration is not automatic.
Temporal with LangGraph: which durability problem belongs where?
A source-bounded guide to LangGraph persistence and Temporal durable execution, including retries and external side effects.
OpenAI Agents SDK and Agents API: what changed in the stack boundary
A change brief separating the open SDK from OpenAI's managed Agents API and the responsibilities adopters retain.
Skills, plugins & protocols
MCP 2026-07-28: what changed for builders
A source-verified change brief on the July 2026 MCP specification and the implementation decisions it creates.
A2A vs MCP: different protocol boundaries
A source-verified guide to the A2A and MCP boundaries, where they can complement each other, and what adoption does not prove.
Agent Finder and ARD: discovery is not execution
A decision guide to GitHub Agent Finder and Agentic Resource Discovery: what discovery metadata can standardize and what runtimes still own.
GitHub MCP Server's stateless transition: what operators should check
An implementation checklist for the GitHub MCP Server transport change without assuming every MCP client is compatible.
Sandbox, state & verification
Coding-agent sandbox controls: a practical decision guide
How to choose sandbox, network, approval, and audit boundaries for coding agents without treating isolation as a guarantee.
Agent memory vs workflow state: do not store one as the other
A practical boundary between conversational memory, graph checkpoints, and durable workflow state.
Agent observability is not evaluation
How traces, activity metrics, and evaluation answer different questions in production agent systems.
Triggers, review & governance
GitHub's multi-agent control plane: what it changes
A decision brief on GitHub's agent control plane, partner agents, and the governance boundary teams still own.
Copilot coding agent: when cloud delegation is the real decision
A decision brief on GitHub Copilot coding agent's delegated cloud workflow versus interactive editor assistance.