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Add WebMCP so ChatGPT can use your site without clicking around

What is WebMCP on a live page. Register one Site tool with document.modelContext so ChatGPT Work can use your site without clicking around the interface.

Build AlongMCPWeb DevJavaScriptAI CodingDeveloper ToolsAPI Design1 min read · Aug 29, 2026

x402 left Coinbase and got a standards body

x402 Foundation left Coinbase for the Linux Foundation. Wire the three V2 headers, then point production at a facilitator that actually settles mainnet.

Deep DivesCloudflareArchitectureDeveloper ToolsAPI DesignTrend CommentaryAI Coding1 min read · Aug 25, 2026

Eleven vendors back ai-catalog.json manifests under their own domains

Agentic resource discovery launched in June with eleven vendor backers. A scan of 44 domains six weeks later found a working catalog on exactly one of them.

Meta AnalysisMCPAPI DesignOpen SourceDeveloper ToolsTrend Commentary1 min read · Jul 30, 2026

Every Stateless MCP Server Rebuilds State Somewhere

A stateless MCP server never deletes its state, it just relocates it. The measured wire cost, the three places it lands, and how to pick one of them on purpose.

Strong OpinionsMCPAPI DesignArchitectureServerlessEdge Computing1 min read · Jul 28, 2026

Perplexity Isn't Shutting Down. Its Citation Corpus Might Shrink

No, Perplexity is not down. The lawsuits threaten which sources it can read, so plan for a thinner citation set inside a healthy 200, and detect it in code.

Meta AnalysisAI CodingAPI DesignMonitoringObservabilityTypeScriptDeveloper Tools1 min read · Jul 25, 2026

WebMCP Has 20× the Interest and Zero Deployments

WebMCP adoption is zero across 111,076 scanned domains while search interest holds near 20 times its January level. Here is what to ship now, and what to watch.

Meta AnalysisMCPWeb DevAPI DesignTrend CommentaryJavaScript1 min read · Jul 25, 2026

Building an MCP Server From Scratch (The Parts Nobody Explains)

Build an MCP server in TypeScript from zero. Covers the handshake, Streamable HTTP transport, OAuth 2.1 auth, error codes the SDK swallows, and production deployment patterns.

Build AlongMCPTypeScriptDeveloper ToolsAI CodingAPI Design1 min read · Apr 10, 2026