Aditya Patel

[Aditya Patel @adixpatel]

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[Aditya Patel @adixpatel]

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[Aditya Patel @adixpatel]

@WealthyDimes @ccg33k @SavingsSimpl @EquitasBank Mine was for Gold tier. I have sent the mail to [email protected]. Called them 3-4 times still the status is same.

[Aditya Patel @adixpatel]

From Atomic Habits

"It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don't want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment."

[Aditya Patel @adixpatel]

@md_kasif_uddin Codex…best

[Anuj @anujcodes_21]

🚨 Anthropic just showed a 24-minute workshop on how to actually do prompts for Claude.

Taught by the people who built it.

Free. No registration. No paywall.

I've seen $300 courses that don't cover what they teach in the first 8 minutes.

Watch it and bookmark it now.

[Vaidehi @Ai_Vaidehi]

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐂𝐏 (𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥)?

Most AI agents are trapped inside their own walls.
MCP is the protocol that connects them to the outside world data sources, tools, and workflows.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐂𝐏?

• MCP is an open-source standard that connects AI applications to external systems like data sources, tools, and workflows.
• It enables seamless integrations, allowing AI models like ChatGPT to access data, use tools, and perform tasks like web app creation or database queries.
• MCP simplifies development, reducing complexity and time by providing a standardized way to connect AI systems to various resources.
• It enhances AI capabilities, making models more powerful and personalized by allowing them to interact with external systems and data on behalf of users.

𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐂𝐏

LLM → Slack, Google Drive, GitHub (separate connections for each).

Every integration is custom. Every tool requires its own API client. Every agent reinvents the wheel.

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐂𝐏

LLM → Unified API (MCP) → Slack, Google Drive, GitHub.

One protocol. One connection layer. Every tool accessible through a standardized interface.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐂𝐏 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬?

User → User Query → MCP Client → Invoke Graph → LangGraph → Route Request → OpenAI GPT → Tool Decision → Call MCP Tool → MCP Server → External API Call → External APIs → API Response → MCP Server → Tool Result → OpenAI GPT → Generate Response → MCP Client → Natural Language Response → Final Result User → Agent Response → User.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰

1. User sends a query to the MCP Client.
2. MCP Client invokes LangGraph to route the request.
3. OpenAI GPT makes a tool decision and calls the MCP Tool.
4. MCP Server makes an external API call to the appropriate service (Slack, Google Drive, GitHub, etc.).
5. External API returns a response to the MCP Server.
6. MCP Server sends the tool result back to OpenAI GPT.
7. OpenAI GPT generates a natural language response.
8. MCP Client delivers the final result to the user.

Before MCP, every agent built its own integrations. After MCP, every agent shares the same connection layer.

MCP is the protocol that turns isolated AI models into connected AI agents.

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐂𝐏?

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[Roan @RohOnChain]

This 2 hour Stanford lecture will teach you more about how LLMs like ChatGPT & Claude are built than most people working at top AI companies learn in their entire careers.

Bookmark this & give 2 hours today, no matter what. It'll be the most productive thing you do this week.

[Ruben Hassid @rubenhassid]

People think learning AI takes months.

It's really just a couple of hours.

And I wrote 17 free guides to start right away:

Claude 101: https://t.co/Jv1jsvFB7T
Claude Code: https://t.co/WYZd5ltnXo
Claude Skills: https://t.co/jT4uB5AFtY
Nano banana 2: https://t.co/qfHT594CCI
Claude in Excel: https://t.co/mfcXYSA57j
Best AI for Search: https://t.co/77BmjbJjP0
1M followers with AI: https://t.co/1TV9LYAptv
Claude for your team: https://t.co/U1JsBVC299
No prompt saves you: https://t.co/SDKJWykHE4
AI Slides (PPT in 2026): https://t.co/RfcyYRQ2Ad
Set up Claude Cowork: https://t.co/diDhiKjHtU
Claude to sound like you: https://t.co/99RzxXTvzs
Claude interactive charts: https://t.co/ebCHGZqgPt
Claude as your computer: https://t.co/TxYuHPiImn
Claude Cowork + Project: https://t.co/Q7AN9CZ2mg
You're an AI workaholic: https://t.co/mCIvB3ZPA5
Setup AI before prompting: https://t.co/pE3OF722aw
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[Ruben Hassid @rubenhassid]

How to climb all 4 layers of Claude in one weekend:

(even if you just signed up yesterday)

✦ Level 1: Claude Chat (Saturday morning)

Go to claude .com/download. Install the app.
Pay the $20. Select Opus 4.6 + Extended Thinking.
Connect Slack, Drive, Notion through Connectors.
Stop writing long prompts. Prompt this instead:
"I want to [TASK] for [SUCCESS CRITERIA]. Use AskUserQuestion before you start."

Most people stay here forever.
You're leaving 90% of Claude untouched.
Claude Basics: https://t.co/jw2qdIbLxJ.

——

✦ Level 2: Claude Cowork (Saturday afternoon)

Go to 'Cowork'. Create a folder "Claude-Cowork."
4 subfolders. About me, template, project & outputs
Create about-me .md: what you do, how you do.
Create anti-ai-style .md: words you'd never say.
Set Global Instructions (Settings → Cowork → Edit):
"Always read my files first, never edit my originals, deliver everything to CLAUDE OUTPUTS."

You just killed prompting.
From now on, your prompt is 2 lines + your folder.
Move on to Cowork: https://t.co/uWTpOI3oyE

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✦ Level 3: Skills + Plugins (Sunday morning)

Open Cowork. Type: "Use the skill-creator to help me build a skill for [your most repeated task]."
Claude interviews you. Answer and be specific.
It generates a SKILL .md. Test it: "When would you use this skill?" If the description is vague, fix it.
Upload: Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload.
Now it fires automatically. No slash command.
Install Plugins: Cowork > Customize > Browse plugin

Skills with about-me .md. Skill handles the process.
Voice file handles tone. Two layers simultaneously.
Set up Claude Skills: https://t.co/SAErc3JcLL

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✦ Level 4: Code + Computer (Sunday afternoon)

Click the Code tab. Create a folder. Connect GitHub
(free account → Settings → Connectors).
Prompt: "Create a GitHub repo named [project]. Code everything. Don't ask for permissions."
Download VS Code. Install the Claude extension.
Turn on "Skip Permissions" to go 100x faster.
After your session, paste this: "Create a CLAUDE .md file with everything you learned about this project." Now Claude remembers your fonts, colors, and structure forever.
Claude code guide: https://t.co/UgE9xBXnm6

Claude Computer: Settings → Desktop app → turn on Browser use + Computer use.
Connect your phone with Dispatch. Text a task.
Schedule a recurring task: left sidebar → Scheduled → write the prompt → pick the frequency.
Claude Computer: https://t.co/ZfjFaaMknc

This is where you stop working inside Claude.
Claude starts working on your computer.

——

Saturday, you were prompting like it's ChatGPT.
Sunday, Claude is running your screen, building your website, & sending you text updates.

That's all 4 layers. In one weekend.

[Ravi Handa @ravihanda]

Why do financial advisors (Mutual Fund Distributors / RIAs / apps / finfluencers) recommend active funds?

There are broadly three reasons.

First, money. A big part of the reason is simply that this model helps them make money. If an advisor just tells you to buy a Nifty 50 or Nifty 500 index fund, you are unlikely to go back to them again. You might even tell your friends that the advisor simply recommends index funds and that they should do the same. That eliminates the perceived utility of the advisor in the eyes of clients who are looking for someone to help them make more money from the market.

Second, it keeps them relevant. If the solution is simple, the advisor’s role disappears. By recommending multiple funds, switching between them, and monitoring them, they create the impression that there is ongoing expertise involved.

Third, some advisors genuinely believe they can generate alpha. There are many advisors who sincerely believe they can beat the market by selecting the right funds. However, even if there are occasional examples where a fund pick worked well, the reality is that consistent alpha generation does not usually come from selecting the right mutual fund or the right stock.

Alpha, when it exists, usually comes from asset allocation, discipline, and staying invested, not from fund selection.

The idea that an advisor can consistently select the right fund implies that they also know the right time to enter and the right time to exit, which is extremely difficult. No fund beats the index across all periods. Every fund has cycles where it performs above average and periods where it performs below average.

What typically happens is that an advisor says: “I recommended this fund five years ago and it has beaten the index over the last five years.”

But that logic is flawed because the period during which the fund performed well may not be the same period during which you will be invested going forward.

When investors keep switching funds based on recent performance, they also incur capital gains taxes, which further reduces any small alpha that may have existed.

Cost is another major issue.

Index funds today are available at very low expense ratios, typically around 0.05% to 0.30% for direct plans.

Actively managed funds, on the other hand, often cost 1% to 2%, and sometimes even more. If the investment is through regular plans, commissions can add another 0.5% to 1%.

So when you compare direct index funds versus actively managed funds with distribution costs, it becomes extremely difficult for the active fund to consistently beat the index by a margin large enough to overcome those costs.

That is the core reason why building a portfolio of 10–20 actively managed funds rarely works well over long periods.

Some funds in that basket will beat the index and some will not. But since most funds fail to beat the index over long periods, the overall portfolio often ends up underperforming the index itself.

That is why, for most investors, simply holding a broad market index fund is often the more sensible and effective approach over the long term.

[Slim @onu_slim]

If your father or mother is above 67, please pause and read this slowly.

At that age, life begins to feel different for them. The world moves faster, but their bodies move slower. The things they once did effortlessly now require effort. Their strength is not what it used to be, and even if they don’t say it, they feel it.

What they need now is not pressure. Not stress. Not arguments about money or past mistakes. They need stability. They need reassurance. They need to feel safe.

If they have savings, protect it. This is not the stage for risky investments or “let’s try this opportunity.” It is the stage for preservation. Capital safety matters more than high returns. Peace of mind matters more than profit.

If they depend on you financially, don’t see it as a burden. See it as a privilege. The same hands that once carried you are now weaker. The same voices that defended you now speak softer. Support them with dignity, not pity.

And beyond money, give them something deeper.

Call them without being in a hurry.
Sit with them without checking your phone every two minutes.
Let them repeat stories you’ve heard before. One day, you will wish to hear those stories again.

At 67 and above, what they truly fear is not death. It is loneliness. It is feeling forgotten.

Take care of their health. Help them organize their documents. Make sure they are not being financially manipulated. Protect them from stress. But most importantly, protect their heart.

Because one day, the chair they sit on will be empty.

And no amount of money will buy back one more conversation.

[Cata Paul 🃏‍‍‍ @CataPaul2]

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[Aditya Patel @adixpatel]

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[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

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[Manu Rishi Guptha @manurishiguptha]

Is it the end of the Road for Silver and Gold?

Conviction is tested only in drawdowns but never in rallies.

And that forms the bedrock of the cliched statement - Buy when there is blood on the street, but the blood better not be yours.

I've been investing in precious metals since 2021. It took me six months of reading, tracking mine production, annual supply degrowth, and rising demand before I built my first real position on the 6th September 2021. Since then, I've followed the data closely every day.

My rule is simple:

Only take positions where your conviction is so strong that you could possibly go all-in. If it's not, you're just gambling, no matter how much you call it - "diversification."

Yesterday, Silver was down about 30% and gold 10% from recent highs. Here's the psychology everyone faces: We all dream of buying assets 30-40% cheaper. But deep down, we want prices to stay high forever. We crave the dip to buy low, and expect prices move up from the day we bought. That's human nature.

Gold and silver have been used as money and a store of value for over 6,000 years. Fiat currencies, on the other hand, are experiments backed by debt. The US moved away from the gold standard in 1933 domestically and 1971 internationally, because infinite debt could not coexist with monetary discipline. And therefore, the petrodollar came into being.

History is very clear on one thing: Every Fiat currency eventually collapses. (Ray Dalio’s take makes it very clear in one of his now very famous videos)

The only uncertainty is timing, whether the Fiat currencies will collapse slowly or suddenly.

And whether we are at the end of the Fiat system today or not - maybe not yet.

But are we moving towards it faster than ever before - Definitely Yes!!

So decisions to buy, hold, or sell precious metals should not be driven by daily price moves, but by your understanding of history, monetary systems, and your own temperament.

Retail investors can't slam prices like this. Over the last 10 years, big banks paid $1.3 billion in fines for spoofing Silver (data is all online).

Yesterday, with China closed and late LME trading, the "Big Boys" likely dumped to spook you out, clearing shorts or loading longs.

Its pertinent to ask a question:
When LME trading was thin and China was shut, who really slammed the price? It wasn’t retail. Price shocks often serve one purpose: scare weak hands, so that large players can exit shorts and quietly build long positions.

This fact is worth noting:
For every ounce of physical Silver available, there are about 400 ounces traded on paper. For Gold, it's around 200 paper ounces per physical one.

Inventories at metal exchanges around the world are depleting fast.

Those recent exchange outages? They're not about power failures or server cooling issues, but it's about the exchanges struggling to meet contractual obligations as paper contract holders are starting to demand physical delivery, and the system can't keep up with that.

Can prices fall more? Sure, they can. Position size is personal, tied to your conviction and biases.

But fast-forward 10 years: Gold at $10K, $15K, or $20K? Silver at $300 or $500? and y0u'll kick yourself for getting shaken out by “The Pros” who do this for a living.

Or keep buying the dip on Nvidia, Google, Amazon, Zomato, Trent, Polycab, all at unsustainable earnings (PE) ratios.

Eventually, your fortune will be the sum total of the choices you make today.

Fun Fact: Respectively, Silver and Gold are still up 270% and 140% in the last 2 years.

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[Cozyreads @Cozyreads_]

Start your morning by reminding yourself of three things :

[Aditya Patel @adixpatel]

@SavingsSimpl @DealDigger_ @PaisaPrinciple @nikunj_kb @TheRetailIndian please share the process

[liminal @Liminal1988]

Nobody Cares. Work Harder