About TinkerHood
Practical AI, worked out in public.
We build with AI agents in our day jobs and write up what we learn here: guides, tested workflows, comparisons, and weekly Field Notes. Each claim shows how far we checked it, when, and on which version.
Masthead
The people who write TinkerHood. Each of us builds with AI agents in a day job and works on TinkerHood alongside it. Every guide and note is signed by the writer who stands behind it.
Ravalika Korthiwada
Member of Technical Staff
Writes our explainers on how agent skills are put together, from the SKILL.md format to building a first skill.
Focus: Agent skill basics · SKILL.md format · Glossary
Chaitanya Karra
Member of Technical Staff
Tests how skills behave in practice: when they trigger, how to test them, and what breaks.
Focus: Skill activation · Testing skills · References and assets
Arun Kumar
Member of Technical Staff
Writes our comparisons of skills, MCP servers, plugins, subagents and rules, and when to reach for each.
Focus: Comparisons · MCP · Cursor rules
Dhruva Guptha
Member of Technical Staff
Runs our install tests across agents and writes Field Notes each week.
Focus: Installing skills · Cross-agent testing · Field Notes
How to read the dots
Format
The files are valid against the published spec.
Installs
It installs by the documented route.
Loads
The host discovers and uses it, reported per host.
Helps
It improves the task in a measured comparison.
Field Notes. One email a week.
One tested workflow, one ecosystem change that matters, and one honest failure. Nothing on this site sits behind the signup.
Email only. We’ll ask you to confirm before the first issue.