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Guides and field notes on making AI agents work against real enterprise APIs—including the old ones.

Why Your AI Agent Breaks in Production: 7 Silent Failures Nobody Warns You About

AI agents can look flawless in testing but fail in production. From API errors and rate limits to authentication, schema validation, retries, and duplicate requests, here are 7 silent failures that can break your AI agent.
Swytchcode Team
Aug 20, 2026

"swy exec" Explained: Inputs, Outputs, and Exit Codes

How swy exec works: the single execution path for running Swytchcode tools, either by canonical ID or by plain-English intent.
Chaitrali Kakde
Aug 24, 2026

How to Set Up Policy Guardrails for AI Agents with Swytchcode

How to use Swytchcode's guard policies to control exactly what an AI agent is allowed to execute, enforced before any request leaves your machine.
Chaitrali Kakde
Aug 24, 2026

tooling.json, manifest.json, and policies.json Explained: Swytchcode's Config Files

What tooling.json, manifest.json, and policies.json actually do in a Swytchcode project, and which CLI commands read and write each one.
Chaitrali Kakde
Aug 24, 2026

How Swytchcode Retries Failed API Calls

A look at how Swytchcode automatically retries failed API calls with backoff, and why that retry logic is safe by default instead of risky.
Chaitrali Kakde
Aug 24, 2026

Idempotency Explained: How Swytchcode Prevents Duplicate Charges and Duplicate Emails

Idempotency stops a retried API call from repeating its side effect. Here's what that means and how Swytchcode applies it automatically to every tool call.
Chaitrali Kakde
Aug 24, 2026

What Is an Execution Layer? Why AI Agents Need One

An execution layer sits between an AI agent and real APIs, handling authentication, retries, and policy checks. Here's what that means and why it matters.
Chaitrali Kakde
Aug 24, 2026

Connect Swytchcode to LangGraph: Setup Guide and Example

Connect Swytchcode to LangGraph so your stateful agent workflows can safely call real APIs, with authentication, retries, and policy checks built in.
Chaitrali Kakde
Aug 24, 2026

Connect Swytchcode to the Anthropic SDK: Setup Guide and Example

Connect Swytchcode to the Anthropic SDK so Claude can safely call real APIs in your application. Full setup steps and a working code example.
Chaitrali Kakde
Aug 24, 2026

Connect Swytchcode to the OpenAI Agents SDK: Setup Guide and Example

Connect Swytchcode to the OpenAI Agents SDK so your agent can safely call real APIs, with authentication, retries, and policy checks handled automatically.
Chaitrali Kakde
Aug 24, 2026

How to Connect Swytchcode to OpenClaw: Setup Guide

Learn how to connect Swytchcode to OpenClaw so your AI assistant can safely call real APIs, plus a real working multi-API onboarding demo built with HubSpot, Stripe, and Resend.
Chaitrali Kakde
Aug 21, 2026

How to Connect Swytchcode MCP Server: Setup Guide for Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf & More

Learn how to connect the Swytchcode MCP server to Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, Copilot, and other AI editors, with exact setup commands, verification steps, and fixes for common connection issues.
Chaitrali Kakde
Aug 21, 2026

Different Ways to Use Swytchcode: CLI, MCP, and SDK Guide

Swytchcode can be used through the CLI, MCP, or native SDKs. This guide breaks down each method with setup steps, code examples, and guidance on which one fits your workflow.
Chaitrali Kakde
Aug 21, 2026

How to build a Github AI Agent

Explore about how you can build a github AI Agent bot with swytchcode cli
Chaitrali Kakde
Aug 16, 2026