Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems
From Web Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast by Alex Merced Podcasts
January 27, 2026 · 14 min
About this episode
Alex Merced discusses the differences between different ways of customizing agent behavior and when to use which.
Alex Merced discusses the differences between different ways of customizing agent behavior and when to use which. – Agent Skills– Model Context Protocol (MCP)– Claude Projects/Custom GPTs/Gemini Gems Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com
People in this episode
Host: Alex Merced
Topics covered
- AI
- agent behavior
- customization
- Model Context Protocol
- Claude Projects
- Custom GPTs
- Gemini Gems
Keywords
- AI Agent Skills
- MCP
- Custom GPTs
- Gemini Gems
- agent behavior
- Claude Projects
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