ChatGPT Work: what it is, pricing by plan and comparison with Claude Cowork (2026)
ChatGPT Work in 2026: ChatGPT's agent mode, its pricing by plan, the credits it shares with Codex, the cloud vs local choice and how it compares with Claude Cowork.
AI Tools
The AI tools founders use to build and launch faster: vibe coding, no-code and AI agents
Hermes Agent: What It Is, Real Cost, Installation and Review (2026)
Hermes Agent in 2026: Nous Research's open source AI agent, what it really costs (model, server), step-by-step installation, how to pick a model, and our hands-on review.
Manus AI: our review and the agent's pricing in 2026
Manus AI in 2026: what the agent does, its plans and credits as of October 26, how free it really is, the Meta acquisition that got unwound, your data, and the alternatives for a startup.
AI Competitive Analysis: Put Your Competitors' Ads Under the Microscope with Claude
A step-by-step AI competitive analysis: Meta Ad Library, a CSV manifest, one JSON per ad with Claude, script-based counting, and 7 pitfalls from a real run.
How to make a LinkedIn carousel with AI: a 7-step method (Claude Code, deck.json, PDF)
How to make a LinkedIn carousel with AI that doesn't look like a generated deck: sourced research, a script-validated deck.json, Playwright rendering and a 1080×1350 PDF.
AI LinkedIn prospecting agent: find who to contact (tutorial)
AI LinkedIn prospecting agent: dated public signals, grouping by person, scoring with a JSON grid, and a first message checked by script. The full tutorial.
AI sales prospecting: the step-by-step method, without the spam (2026)
AI sales prospecting: a verified dossier for each prospect, A/B/C tiers computed by script, a sequence written by Claude, a lint run down to 0 BLOCK and a DNS check. All the commands.
AI social media agent: a tutorial with human approval
Our AI social media agent in production: a queue filled 3 weeks ahead, copy rewritten for each network, script checks, human approval, and sending through the Zernio API.
Landing page audit with Claude Code: review your SaaS page
Audit a SaaS landing page with Claude Code and Playwright: desktop and mobile screenshots, DOM measurements, Core Web Vitals, a 256-criterion LEVER grid in five passes and quantified A/B hypotheses.
SEO Audit with Claude Code: A Six-Step Method for SaaS Sites
A six-step SEO audit with Claude Code: curl on the served HTML, sitemap HTTP codes, internal link graph, a 6-point E-E-A-T score and a prioritized fix plan.
How to Create Ads with AI for Your SaaS: A 5-Step Method
Create ads with AI without garbled text: a JSON brief, local rendering in 1:1, 4:5 and 9:16, word-by-word proofreading, and a paused Meta import. Commands and thresholds included.
Create shorts with AI: our step-by-step pipeline (2026)
How to create shorts with AI from a long video: the commands, settings and pitfalls behind 40 clips we rendered locally with Whisper, an LLM and ffmpeg.
Free AI Subtitles: The Local Method with Whisper (2026)
Free AI subtitles, run locally: faster-whisper on CPU, a full transcript review, ASS karaoke captions, the 9:16 safe zone and audio at -14 LUFS. Our commands and our thresholds.
Google Search Console and Claude Code: Connect GSC and Triage Your Queries
Connect Google Search Console to Claude Code (CLI or MCP), export 90 days of page × query data and triage your queries with six numeric rules, tested on swanbase.co.
Market research with Claude: a method with no made-up quotes
How to run market research with Claude or ChatGPT without inventing customer quotes: API collection, LLM labeling, script-computed numbers and verified citations.
Meta Ads MCP in Claude: connect your account and audit it across 10 areas
Connect the Meta Ads MCP to Claude and pull your account data level by level. Then audit it across 10 areas using the thresholds from our own audits, with a clear view of the connector's blind spots.
How to Write a LinkedIn Post with AI That Doesn't Sound Like AI (Tutorial)
Write a LinkedIn post with AI that doesn't sound like AI: a brief with your facts, a prompt to copy, then two scripted checks, backed by regex patterns and real measurements.
Cloudflare for Startups: Up to $350,000 in Credits and How to Apply (2026)
Cloudflare for Startups in 2026: $10,000 to $350,000 in credits over one year. Who qualifies, how to apply, and the traps hidden in the terms.
Claude Cowork: What It Is, Pricing, and How It Differs from Claude Code (2026)
Claude Cowork in 2026: what Anthropic's agent does with your files and your computer, which plans include it, how it differs from Claude Code, and the precautions to take.
Cursor AI: Review, Pricing and Free Plan for the AI Code Editor (2026)
Cursor AI in 2026: what Anysphere's code editor does, pricing from $0 to $200 a month, the limits of the free plan, using it in French, and our take for founders.
Jev by TypeSafe AI: how it works, pricing and limits
Jev by TypeSafe AI makes typed decisions without writing text. Learn its pricing, its limits and how to test it in French before going to production.
Zo Computer in 2026: Our Review After Daily Use
Our Zo Computer review after daily use at swanbase: how it works, pricing, real use cases, limits, security, alternatives and who it suits best.
Claude Code Hooks: Automate and Secure Your Sessions
A Claude Code hook is a shell command that runs automatically at a specific point in a session: before a tool runs, after an edit, at startup. Here are the hook types, how to configure them in settings.json, and five hooks ready to copy.
Claude Code MCP: connect Claude to your tools (founder guide)
MCP (Model Context Protocol) lets Claude Code plug into external tools and data: GitHub, your database, a browser. Here's how to add and configure a server, which ones are worth it for an MVP, and how to build your own.
Claude Code Skills: how to create and use reusable skills
A Claude Code skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file that Claude loads on its own when it's relevant, or that you trigger with /name. How to create one, install one, and how skills differ from CLAUDE.md, slash commands and MCP.
Claude Code Subagents: Delegating Tasks to Specialized Agents
A Claude Code subagent is a secondary AI assistant that runs in its own context window, with its own tools and permissions. How to create one, when to pick a subagent over a skill or a hook, and three founder use cases.
NanoCorp: build an autonomous company with AI (review + test)
NanoCorp turns a prompt into a company that builds and runs itself: product, website, Stripe payments, Meta ads, prospecting. Our honest review, the pricing, and $20 free to try it with the code SWANNC20.
Learn vibe coding: a tutorial for non-technical founders (2026)
Never opened a code editor and want to try vibe coding? A step-by-step tutorial covering the tool, the prompt, and your first project in a single afternoon.
Vibe coding: agency, freelancer, CTO or solo? How to choose (2026)
Pricing, decision framework, red flags: when to hire a vibe coding agency in 2026, and when to vibe code it yourself or hire a developer.
10 vibe coding mistakes (and how to recover if you're already in too deep)
Security, technical debt, broken dependencies: the 10 vibe coding mistakes ranked by severity, plus a checklist to rescue a project that has drifted.
Vibe coding an MVP: how a non-technical founder ships in 4 weeks (2026)
A complete walkthrough for vibe coding your MVP in 4 weeks: scope, tools, real budget (€200-800) and the mistakes to avoid, by swanbase.
AI marketing agents: how fog, the open source stack built by swanbase, works
fog is the open source AI marketing agent stack swanbase built for early-stage founders. Five agents, the AGENT.md format, portable across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI and Gemini CLI. Apache 2.0.
What Is Claude Code? The 2026 Guide for Founders and Senior Devs
Claude Code is Anthropic's coding agent: it reads your codebase and opens review-ready PRs from the terminal, VS Code, JetBrains, the desktop app, or the web. Features, release date, Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5 models, plans from $17/month, Claude Console, and how it compares with Cursor, Copilot, and Codex.
Claude Code vs Cursor: Which AI Coding Tool Should You Choose in 2026?
Claude Code and Cursor lead AI-assisted development in 2026. Claude Code is an autonomous agent that runs in your terminal, while Cursor is an IDE forked from VS Code. We cover SWE-bench results, euro pricing, a hybrid workflow and recommendations for each founder profile.
Cursor, Lovable or Bolt: Which Vibe Coding Tool Should You Choose in 2026?
Lovable, Bolt.new or Cursor: a full comparison to help you pick the right vibe coding tool for your profile and startup stage. Pricing table included.
Claude Managed Agents: The Complete Guide to Deploying AI Agents in Production
Claude Managed Agents (Anthropic, April 2026) is cloud infrastructure for deploying AI agents in production without managing sandboxing, sessions, or permissions. It cuts months of development down to a few days.
Paperclip: The Open Source Orchestrator for Running a Team of AI Agents
Paperclip turns your AI agents into a structured organization with an org chart, per-agent budgets, autonomous heartbeats, and governance. MIT licensed and self-hosted.
OpenClaw Alternatives: The Best Open Source AI Agents in 2026
OpenClaw leads the open source AI agent market, but its security gaps and complexity are sending founders to look elsewhere. NanoClaw, Nanobot, n8n, AnythingLLM, Open WebUI, Dify: here is the full comparison.
OpenClaw vs ChatGPT: What's the Difference and Which Should You Choose?
ChatGPT is a reactive cloud chatbot. OpenClaw is a self-hosted autonomous AI agent. They rest on two different philosophies and serve two different purposes. This guide gives an honest comparison of their differences, costs, and use cases to help you choose.
AI Tools for Startups: The 2026 Stack, from Pre-Seed to Series A
One starter AI tool per function, prices checked on September 26, 2026 against official pricing pages, and three costed stacks, from the solo pre-seed founder to the Series A team.
Vibe coding: definition, how it works, tools and limits (2026)
Vibe coding means having an AI write an application's code from plain-language instructions.
What Is Mistral Vibe and How to Use It Easily
Mistral Vibe is Mistral AI's command-line coding assistant. Version 2.0 shipped in January 2026 with custom subagents, slash skills, unified agent modes and automatic updates. You drive your code in natural language from the terminal, on Mistral's cloud or on your own servers.
What is OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot, then Moltbot)? Definition, origin and installation
OpenClaw, first known as Clawdbot and then Moltbot, is an open source AI assistant you install on your own machine and reach through WhatsApp, Telegram or Discord. Here is where it came from, how it works, how to install it and the basic security rules to follow.
llms.txt: Make Your Startup Visible to AI in 2026
The llms.txt file is a Markdown document placed at the root of your site that helps large language models understand your content. Where robots.txt blocks crawlers, llms.txt gives AI a reading guide.
Discover Bolt.new: The Complete Beginner's Guide
Learn how to use Bolt.new, an AI code editor, to build complete web applications quickly and without any programming skills.
What Is Lovable? A Guide to (No)Coding Faster with AI
Lovable AI builds a complete web app from a plain-language description, with no code to write. How it works, how to get started, its Supabase, Stripe and GitHub integrations, and how it compares with Bolt.
