About this episode
James and Frank discuss the rise of AI coding agents and the importance of skills in programming.
James and Frank unpack the exploding world of AI coding agents—covering instructions, MCP tools, custom agents, hooks, plugins and why “skills” matter. They walk through the new .NET Skills repo (P/Invoke, MSBuild, diagnostics, binlogs), show how skills act like practical, on‑demand tutorials for niche tasks, and sketch how tooling will soon auto-load the right skills so agents can just do the thing for you. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter , Facebook , Website , Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface ⭐⭐ Review Us ⭐⭐ Machine transcription available on http://mergeconflict.fm Support Merge Conflict
People in this episode
Hosts: James, Frank
Topics covered
- AI coding agents
- MCP tools
- custom agents
- skills
- tooling
- tutorials
Keywords
- AI
- coding agents
- skills
- MCP tools
- tutorials
- programming
- tooling
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: .NET Skills, Adventureface
Books & works: Amethyst Seer - Citrine
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