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When to use Skills, MCPs, and Subagents

Part of Become an AI Native Builder

Hosted by Colin Matthews

Wed, Sep 23, 2026

4:00 PM UTC (45 minutes)

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What you'll learn

Learn the primitives of AI agents

See how agents work with context, skills, mcp, and subagents

How to use skill, MCPs, and subagents together

Learn how to use agent primitives together to improve quality

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See a demo of using a full set of agent primitives to build a product feature with Codex

Why this topic matters

Understanding the primitives of AI tools allows you to leverage them when they make sense. Join this session to learn when you should be using skills, MCPs, sub-agents, and how to best manage your context.

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Colin Matthews

Head of Education, Lenny's Newsletter

I'm a technical PM and builder who has taught more than 40k PMs, designers, and tech professionals the fundamentals of shipping software. I've been featured by Lenny four times, spoken at product conferences and events, and assisted Fortune 500 companies with technical upskilling and AI adoption.


My main goal with any course is to help you build your own mental model of how a technology or system works. Because of how fast the industry is changing, I think its more valuable to understand something from first principles than it is to learn a specific tool or product.

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