# What Is an AI Agent? How to Build One from Scratch in Python
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What makes an AI agent different from a chatbot, the agent loop explained, and a working Python agent with tools built step by step on the Claude API.
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# What Is an MCP Server? How to Build One in Python
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What the Model Context Protocol is, how MCP servers expose tools, resources and prompts, and how to build, test and connect one with the Python SDK 2.x.
# Understanding OpenDAL Storage in Dify: A New Year's Journey
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How self-hosted Dify stores files with OpenDAL: OPENDAL_FS_ROOT, .env settings and Docker volume mounts explained, plus fixes for permission errors.
# Agentic Frameworks Compared: LangGraph, CrewAI & More
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What an agentic framework is, how LangGraph, LlamaIndex, OpenAI Agents SDK, Google ADK and CrewAI compare, plus agentic AI coding frameworks like Claude Code.