# Product blog · Arclyx

What's new in Arclyx, and guides to taking an agent from a failing run to a reliable one in production.

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## Latest

- [AI agent vs chatbot: what's the difference?](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-vs-chatbot): Who starts the work, where it happens, what comes back and what keeps it in bounds, with one job done both ways (Guides, Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-vs-chatbot.md))
- [AI agents for small business: three jobs worth handing over](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agents-for-small-business): Finding tenders, drafting the blog and closing the month: what each agent does, what it hands back and what stays with you (Guides, Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agents-for-small-business.md))
- [Ask Arclyx: an AI assistant that knows the page you're on](https://arclyx.ai/blog/context-aware-ai-assistant): What it sees on each page, what to ask it there, what it can open and draft for you, and what it never does (Releases, Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/context-aware-ai-assistant.md))
- [Give your AI agents a knowledge base your team controls](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-knowledge-base): What to put in it, which files agents can read, and how access tags decide which documents each person's agents can search (Guides, Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-knowledge-base.md))
- [How to connect a remote MCP server to your AI agents](https://arclyx.ai/blog/remote-mcp-server): What a remote MCP server is, how it differs from a local one, and how to add one so every agent in your workspace can use its tools (Guides, Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/remote-mcp-server.md))
- [How to debug an AI agent that went wrong](https://arclyx.ai/blog/debug-ai-agents): A method for finding the round where a run went off track, telling instructions from tools from data, and proving the fix (Guides, Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/debug-ai-agents.md))
- [How to keep AI agent costs under control](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-cost-control): The limits worth setting, where to see what each agent spends, and the settings that cut cost without hurting the result (Guides, Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-cost-control.md))
- [How to use an AI agent in Slack](https://arclyx.ai/blog/slack-ai-agent): Ask an agent in a channel, get the answer in the thread, and let agents post their reports to the channel you pick (Guides, Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/slack-ai-agent.md))

## Releases

New in Arclyx.

- [Ask Arclyx: an AI assistant that knows the page you're on](https://arclyx.ai/blog/context-aware-ai-assistant): What it sees on each page, what to ask it there, what it can open and draft for you, and what it never does (Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/context-aware-ai-assistant.md))
- [Meet the Arclings: every agent gets its own robot](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-avatar): What an Arcling is made of, how each agent gets one that no other agent in your organization has, and what its chest lights tell you (Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-avatar.md))

## Guides

How to get the most from Arclyx.

- [AI agent vs chatbot: what's the difference?](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-vs-chatbot): Who starts the work, where it happens, what comes back and what keeps it in bounds, with one job done both ways (Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-vs-chatbot.md))
- [AI agents for small business: three jobs worth handing over](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agents-for-small-business): Finding tenders, drafting the blog and closing the month: what each agent does, what it hands back and what stays with you (Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agents-for-small-business.md))
- [Give your AI agents a knowledge base your team controls](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-knowledge-base): What to put in it, which files agents can read, and how access tags decide which documents each person's agents can search (Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-knowledge-base.md))
- [How to connect a remote MCP server to your AI agents](https://arclyx.ai/blog/remote-mcp-server): What a remote MCP server is, how it differs from a local one, and how to add one so every agent in your workspace can use its tools (Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/remote-mcp-server.md))
- [How to debug an AI agent that went wrong](https://arclyx.ai/blog/debug-ai-agents): A method for finding the round where a run went off track, telling instructions from tools from data, and proving the fix (Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/debug-ai-agents.md))
- [How to keep AI agent costs under control](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-cost-control): The limits worth setting, where to see what each agent spends, and the settings that cut cost without hurting the result (Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-cost-control.md))
- [How to use an AI agent in Slack](https://arclyx.ai/blog/slack-ai-agent): Ask an agent in a channel, get the answer in the thread, and let agents post their reports to the channel you pick (Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/slack-ai-agent.md))
- [How to write AI agent instructions](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-instructions): What to put in them, a template you can copy, and how to check them with a dry run before the agent goes live (Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-instructions.md))
- [Research every new lead before you call it](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-lead-qualification): An agent that starts when your form sends a lead, checks the company and your CRM, and emails you a brief, without ever contacting the lead (Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-lead-qualification.md))
- [Your first AI agent, start to finish](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-tutorial): A step-by-step walkthrough: describe one job, read the draft, try it safely, put it on a schedule and check its first runs (Oct 23, 2026, [markdown](https://arclyx.ai/blog/ai-agent-tutorial.md))