BoldCreate by Syncfusion

AI development guides and free handbooks

Practical guides for teams building with AI agents

Five free handbooks from the team behind BoldCreate, with two more on the way. Each one turns a skill your team needs into steps you can use on your own codebase the same afternoon.

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BOLDCREATE HANDBOOKPrompt Engineering
Every developerBeginner

Prompt Engineering

Improve AI output quality, reduce ambiguity and increase consistency.01Why AI misses: it’s missing the right context02The GCCF framework, with worked examples03Prompts for generating, reviewing, and refactoring code
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BOLDCREATE HANDBOOKContext Engineering
Tech leadsIntermediate

Context Engineering

Provide the right context for more accurate, reliable AI output.01Why AI coding workflows break without structured context02Curating project-wide context: goals, architecture, standards03Structured planning with a dedicated planning persona
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BOLDCREATE HANDBOOKSpec-Driven Development
Leads and PMsIntermediate

Spec-Driven Development

Turn requirements into plans and validated software deliverables.01What spec-driven development is, and why AI needs it02How context decay and hidden decisions cause drift03The step-by-step workflow, from problem to merged change
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BOLDCREATE HANDBOOKAgent Skills
Platform teamsAdvanced

Agent Skills

Reusable skills that help agents follow repeatable workflows and standards.01What makes agent skills different from prompts02How an agent finds, loads, and follows a skill03Turning individual workflows into team-wide skills
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BOLDCREATE HANDBOOKMCP for AI Assistants
Platform teamsAdvanced

MCP for AI Assistants

Connect AI assistants to tools, repositories, APIs, and external systems.01Why modern AI development needs MCP02Connecting MCP servers to your assistant03How the AI plans and generates with live context
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BOLDCREATE HANDBOOKRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Coming soon
Platform teams

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

How retrieval systems and language models work together for grounded, context-aware answers.
Coming soonIn progress
BOLDCREATE HANDBOOKSelecting the Right AI ModelComing soon
Leads and PMs

Selecting the Right AI Model

Evaluate AI models on capability, performance, context length, latency and cost.
Coming soonIn progress
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