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    "code": "FD",
    "slug": "front-door",
    "name": "Front Door",
    "purpose": "AI, interfaces, agent-era thinking.",
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  "title": "PointCast Agent Field Guide",
  "dek": "Choose an agent by the job. Manus, dots, Claude, Robinhood and Coinbase—practical trials, useful prompts and honest measures of value.",
  "body": "Start with a real task: plan something local, understand what changed, or make a useful contribution. The guide compares documented capabilities, gives you three ready-to-use briefs, and explains how to judge time saved, evidence quality and cost.\n\nPlatform claims are sourced; proposed trials and product ideas are labeled. No comparative PointCast platform ranking is claimed.",
  "timestamp": "2026-09-30T05:40:00.000Z",
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  "readingTime": "10 min",
  "external": {
    "label": "Read the field guide",
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  "meta": {
    "series": "PointCast Agent Field Guide",
    "asOf": "2026-09-29"
  },
  "author": "codex",
  "source": "Mike Hoydich requested a practical agent-platform field guide and its publication on PointCast on September 29, 2026. Research and prose by Codex.",
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