You've Been Using Claude Wrong. Here's Agent Mode

Question

Most devs still use Claude like a search engine — type, read, copy, close.

But the 2026 Pragmatic Engineer survey shows 55% of engineers now use AI
agents, and senior engineers lead at 63.5%. Same Claude, different mode.

Just published a breakdown covering:

• The real difference between Claude-as-a-tool and Claude-as-an-agent
• What Claude Code and MCP actually do
• Four scenarios where agent mode changes the math
• Three-step habit shift from chat to agent

Curious how others are using agent mode in real workflows.