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Supabase is acquiring Turso and says it already launches more than one million databases a week, increasingly from agents. The stated direction is a short-lived database per agent task. That product is not something you turn on this week, and current Supabase projects stay on Postgres.

Development · Brief · 3 min · SoloWatch

Supabase is buying Turso so agents can have their own databases. Nothing to migrate

No migration. Keep Postgres. Watch for per-agent databases before you redesign environments.

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Unified.to’s September update, published 2 October, adds free Agent Skills that teach Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor how to build against its API, including OAuth app setup in vendor portals. The catalogue stood at 1,030 integrations at the end of September. The skills are instructions, not a finished connector.

Development · Brief · 4 min · SoloTest

Unified.to published 100+ skills that tell a coding agent how to build an integration

Give one real integration’s Skill to Claude Code or Codex and measure the first pull request.

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WordPress.com agents can now install, activate, update, and remove plugins, and the built-in WordPress Agent documents the same job from chat. Plugin code runs as PHP, so this is a staging test, not a default for client production. WooCommerce prices, stock, and orders are still outside these tools.

Agents · Brief · 3 min · WordPressTest

WordPress.com agents can install plugins from chat. Do not hand them production

Test plugin and content actions on one staging site. Do not grant install rights on client production.

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AdaptlyPost joined Anthropic’s connector directory on 3 October. From Claude you can write a caption, generate an image, and publish or schedule to 10 networks, with a version per platform. It is a third-party scheduler, not a native Claude feature.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyTest

Claude can schedule a post to 10 networks. It is still AdaptlyPost’s connector.

Test AdaptlyPost inside Claude on one client post. Do not make it the default scheduler.

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Apple said it will tighten macOS Full Disk Access because some apps, including AI agents, can expose mail, messages, files, and browsing history from one switch. The new control is not dated. The useful move is an audit of what you have already granted.

Agents · Brief · 3 min · SoloWatch

Apple will make Full Disk Access harder to grant. No date yet.

Audit Mac apps that already have Full Disk Access. Apple has not shipped the new control yet.

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From 9 October, a personal Gemini account with no AI subscription keeps Flash-Lite and loses Flash and Pro. AI Plus keeps Flash and loses Pro on a date Google emails you. If client drafts still sit in the free app, move them this week.

Agents · Brief · 3 min · SoloChange now

Free Gemini drops to Flash-Lite on Friday. Move client drafts off it before then.

Free Gemini keeps only Flash-Lite from 9 October. Move client drafts off it before Friday.

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DeepSeek released Harness v0.2 as a desktop preview for Apple silicon Macs and 64-bit Windows, with the MIT harness underneath. Every layer is a plugin, and it accepts OpenAI-compatible endpoints. Breaking changes are still expected.

Development · Brief · 4 min · SoloTest

DeepSeek’s free desktop agent runs on your own model. It is still a preview.

Install DeepSeek Harness on a spare folder. Do not put client repos in a preview agent.

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OpenAI's always-on agent is live in ChatGPT, Slack, and Teams, and the cheapest way in is a $100 plan. Pro is excluded in the UK, Switzerland, and the EEA at launch. Business Premium is the route in Spain. Extra dots are still unpriced.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · SoloTest

OpenAI Dots is a $100 always-on agent, and Plus does not include it

Test one Dot on a recurring ops job. In Spain, Pro does not include it yet.

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ChatGPT for Word opened in the sidebar on 1 October for managed workspaces unless an admin had already switched it off. Drafting stays inside the file you send, but usage draws from the same token pool as Codex, and Microsoft 365 still has to allow the add-in.

Agents · Brief · 3 min · AgencyAdopt

ChatGPT for Word is on by default, and the admin switch is the real decision

If you already pay for ChatGPT Business, check the Word switch before staff install it themselves.

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Microsoft will turn usage-based billing on for new Copilot Business purchases, not for seats you already own. The purchase can create the tenant billing rail and a default spending policy. Cowork and other credit features then meter on top of the seat.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyWatch

New Copilot Business seats switch usage billing on, with a 4,000-credit default

Do not buy a new Copilot Business seat until the spending policy is yours, not Microsoft's.

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On 1 October 2026 Shopify opened Canvas, a workspace where every page sits on one surface and Sidekick writes theme changes you can see land. The classic editor stays. A theme edited in Canvas does not get theme updates, and app blocks, Markets, rollouts, and translations are unsupported at launch. Trial a duplicate. Leave the live theme alone.

Agents · Brief · 3 min · ShopifyTest

Duplicate a theme into Shopify Canvas. Do not publish it over the live store.

Duplicate one theme into Canvas. Do not publish it over the live store.

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On 1 October 2026 Shopify added annotations to supported time-series reports. You attach a title, a description, a date or a date range, and a type, using Shopify's categories or your own. Notes are shared with staff who have Reports permission and sit beside context Shopify and apps already attach. The chart still does not explain itself. Someone has to write the note.

Measurement · Brief · 3 min · ShopifyAdopt

Pin the reason on the Shopify chart the day the spike happens.

Write the chart note the day the spike happens, before the reason leaves Slack.

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