Export vs. MCP: Why Your AI Does Not Really Know Your Project
A PDF export gives the AI only a slice of your plan. This article shows what gets lost on the way and how the Merlin Project MCP server solves the problem.
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Read more →A PDF export gives the AI only a slice of your plan. This article shows what gets lost on the way and how the Merlin Project MCP server solves the problem.
Five prompts for Merlin Project and AI: overdue tasks, schedule risk, plan vs. actual, milestone shift, and status update, with tips for checking results.
The Merlin Project MCP server runs locally, only reads, and releases only shared projects. What still goes to the AI, and what you control yourself.
Good questions for your project plan need no prompt engineering: one principle, the RACE memory aid, and one sentence that makes the AI improve your prompt.
Two questions for the same project plan: Claude answers one in seconds, while the answer to the other lies outside the plan. This is where the line runs.
Understand MCP without a line of code: how an AI assistant reads your project plan through an open standard. Explained with Merlin Project, with a diagram.
Antigravity shows no MCP connection after saving the config? It needs a restart. With click path, config block, and a prompt for checklists from your plan.
Connect Claude Code to Merlin Project with one terminal command. With commands to copy, a verification step, a headless call for reports, and the top mistake.
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