MCP servers, Skills, Hooks, and Superpowers

Duration: 100 min

Module goals

• Tell apart an MCP server, a Hook, and a Skill by purpose and choose the mechanism for the task
• Explain what MCP gives the agent, connect a server through the config, and on failure check the JSON syntax and tokens first
• Choose the hook event for the task (before or after an action, on completion) and check a hook before adding it, because it runs any command
• Turn a recurring prompt into a Skill and decide whether to keep it as personal or as project-scoped
• Assemble a minimal clone from AGENTS.md, MCP, Skill, and Hook, giving each element its role and keeping the frame, the goal, and the check for yourself

Units

What's Claude Code missing?

MCP: superpowers through a protocol

Hooks: event automation

Skills: modular capabilities

Plug it in and test

Pendel: your agent audits your project

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checked against the course: 2026-11-02 · 664b147