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LinkedIn built Contextual Agent Playbooks and Tools on Model Context Protocol to feed coding agents procedural memory, code search and runbooks, delivering a 20% productivity boost with zero reliability loss across over 600 workflows.
Anthropic announced support for OpenAI's AGENTS.md specification in Claude Code, allowing the tool to use the rival's markdown instructions file. This move eases compatibility for developers using both platforms.
Vale, a prose linting tool, is now used by Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Discord, GitLab, Grafana Labs, NVIDIA, Docker, Red Hat, and Datadog to enforce style guides in their documentation.
Anthropic's Claude Code version 2.1.277 now checks for an AGENTS.md file if no CLAUDE.md is present in a folder. This feature is built on the upcoming Claude Code mods system for customizing the harness.
Apple released Xcode 27.1 beta 1, enabling developers to build apps for the foldable iPhone Duo ahead of its October 23 launch. The update includes a simulator for the device's unique dual-screen layout.
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