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CLI Tools vs MCP: Better AI Agents With Less Context

22. February 20265. May 2026 jannikreinhard1 Comment

Let’s be honest: MCP (Model Context Protocol) was supposed to be the universal connector between AI models and the real world. A clean, structured protocol that lets your AI agent talk to any tool through a standardized interface. Sounds great in theory. In practice? I’m increasingly reaching for good old CLI tools instead — and I’m not alone.

After months of building AI agent solutions and working with both approaches in real-world enterprise scenarios, here’s my take: CLI tools are the better choice in many cases, and the reason is surprisingly simple — context efficiency.

Terminal window showing AI agent command line tools

8 Productivity Tools I Use Daily for AI, Coding, and Planning

9. February 20265. May 2026 jannikreinhardLeave a comment

There’s a question I get asked very often: “What tools do you actually use every day?”

These are the ones I personally rely on to stay productive and creative — and if you use AI in your workflow too, my guide on prompt engineering is a good place to start.

So here it is – my complete daily toolkit, broken down by what each tool actually does for me and why I chose it over the alternatives.

Daily productivity tools and apps on a desk

How to Create an AI Selfie Tour Video with Tech Icons

21. December 20255. May 2026 jannikreinhard

This post shows you How to Create an AI Selfie Tour Video with Tech Icons — using a stack of generative AI tools to produce a polished short video that animates well-known industry figures into a single tour. I cover the prompts, the model choices, and the editing pipeline behind this AI Selfie Tour Video featuring Tech Icons.

Let’s be honest: the AI video space has exploded. Every week there’s a new tool promising Hollywood-quality results. But what happens when you combine AI image generation with video transformation and some creative editing? You get something that looks surprisingly real – and it’s easier than you might think.

I recently created a video that looks like I’m walking around, taking selfies with some of the most recognizable faces in tech. Sam Altman, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs – the whole crew. And no, I didn’t actually meet them at a conference. Here’s exactly how I did it.

Microsoft IQ Explained: Making Enterprise AI Agents Work

26. November 20255. May 2026 jannikreinhard

This post is a practical explanation of Microsoft IQ — the intelligence layer that finally makes enterprise AI agents work in production. I cover what IQ is, where it sits in the Microsoft AI stack, and how it changes the way IT admins design and deploy AI agents grounded in tenant data.

How Microsoft IQ Makes Enterprise AI Agents Work

Diagram of Microsoft IQ intelligence layer for AI agents

Let’s be honest: building AI agents in the enterprise has been a mess. You spend 80% of your time stitching together data sources, wrestling with RAG pipelines, and praying your agent doesn’t hallucinate the CEO’s name. Every new project feels like reinventing the wheel – but a wheel made of duct tape and hopes.

At Ignite 2025, Microsoft dropped something that might actually change this. They call it “IQ” – a unified intelligence layer that spans across Microsoft 365, Fabric, and Microsoft Foundry. And no, it’s not just another buzzword. If you’ve been experimenting with smaller Foundry use cases, like a paperless-office document manager, this is the enterprise-scale version of that same idea. Let me break down what this actually means for you.

AI Document Manager with Azure OpenAI for Paperless Offices

24. August 20255. May 2026 jannikreinhard

This post documents how I built an AI Document Manager with Azure OpenAI to power Paperless Offices at home and at work. It is the same project I run for my own household paperwork: scan, classify, extract, file, and search — using Azure AI Foundry and OpenAI models as the core.

Let’s be honest: most document management systems feel like they’re stuck in 2005. I decided to move to a paperless office and scan all my documents. I tried multiple ways to realize this, but I couldn’t find tooling that I felt comfortable with and that saved me a lot of work storing and retrieving documents.

I wouldn’t be a developer or an AI MVP if I didn’t get stuck in and write my own tool. With Doc Manager, I demonstrate how to use Azure OpenAI / AI Foundry to build a best-in-class document management system, building on ideas like Azure AI Search for AI-powered search.

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Document manager dashboard overview with AI search

Become a Prompt Engineering Pro: Mastering the Art of Talking to AI in 2025

30. November 20245. May 2026 jannikreinhard

To become a Prompt Engineering Pro in 2025 you have to master more than tricks — you have to master the art of talking to AI in a way that produces consistent results, especially when it comes to designing AI Conversations that scale. This post walks through the patterns that have worked for me across hundreds of agents, prompts, and AI conversations, and the structures I now apply by default.

Welcome to the future, where chatting with AI is as common as texting a friend! But just like crafting the perfect message to your crush, getting the right response from AI requires a bit of finesse. Enter the world of prompt engineering.

Microsoft Intune & AI Insights

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