๐Ÿฟ The NPM for AI Agents Just Dropped


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I just dropped a super exciting video that covers all 29 Common Next.js Mistakes that I have seen a lot of developers make (including senior developers).

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๐Ÿฟ Our Weekly Snack: The Open Agent Skills Ecosystem

โ€‹Skills are the NPM for AI Agents.

They are reusable capabilities for AI agents. You can simply install them with a single command just like the below snack:

There are many skills already in the repo such as web design guidelines, frontend design etc. so make sure to add them to your projects so agents don't repeat the same mistakes and follow your guidelines.

Probably going to add the 29 common Next.js mistakes I dropped as "skills" so you can refer those.

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โ€‹ClawdBot - from automating dev workflows to building agents

Why AGENTS.md beats Skills in Vercelโ€™s agent evals.

The NPM for AI Agents just dropped, you can build your own AI skill (without the fluff).

Pick the tools and build TanStack apps using this template Builder

โ€‹How Turbopack stays fast - what it takes to scale development and builds to massive Next.js applications.

Describe what you want, and the app builds the UI for you on the go, by Vercel.

โ€‹A Hands-On Intro to TanStack AI by Jack Herrington.

When does TanStack Start makes more sense than Next.js.

Next.js now logs Server Action execution including the amount of time the function took.


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