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WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyChange now

Google turned on Gemini checkout for US Shopify stores. EU stores are not in.

US Shopify stores matched to Merchant Center were auto-enrolled. EU stores are not eligible. Check the toggle

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WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyTest

Antigravity can run the agent on your machine. Client code stays off the cloud.

Test hybrid local-plus-cloud on one NDA job. Do not rip out ChatGPT for this.

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WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Development · Brief · 4 min · SoloTest

Android Studio will take Claude or Codex. The project context stays in the IDE.

Try BYOA on one Android task in Canary. Do not make it the team default.

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WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyTest

The supplier portal with no API is now an agent job. Start with read-only clicks.

Record one low-risk portal task this week. Do not let the agent submit spend.

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WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyTest

Phave prices AI nurture at $36,000 a year. Steal the architecture, not the invoice.

Give AI four allowed next touches in a tool you already pay for. Keep consent as a rule.

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Claude Code cloud sessions keep running after you close your laptop and can execute several independent jobs at once. You start them from the terminal, browser, desktop or phone, then teleport a session back into your local checkout when you want to inspect it. The useful test is accepted work per hour of human review, not how many agents you launch.

Development · Brief · 4 min · AgencyTest

Claude Code keeps coding after you close the laptop. Review is now the limit.

Test three independent backlog jobs in the cloud. Count accepted work per hour of review.

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WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyTest

GPT-Live-1 makes one phone workflow cheap enough to test

Test one narrow phone job this week. Do not build a receptionist that does everything.

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WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyTest

Bird lets your existing agent email, WhatsApp and place the call

Test one enquiry-to-booking loop. Do not give the agent every customer channel yet.

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WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyWatch

Amazon blocked Meta’s Muse. Silent shopping agents just hit a wall.

Undisclosed shopping agents are a terms risk, not extra traffic.

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WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyChange now

Google is auto-upgrading Search campaigns to AI Max through 30 Sept. Log in before it spends like it knows you.

ACA and campaign-level broad match are flipping now. DSA can wait until 2027.

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WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyTest

Claude Opus 5.5 is not 40% cheaper on the price list. Test it on one agent job anyway.

Token price fell 20%. The 40% claim is workload cost, not the list.

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WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyAdopt

OpenAI cut GPT-6 Sol and Luna in half. Put Luna on the boring work today.

Luna is cheap enough to sit on every inbound email this week.

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