Guides & tooling

Cookbook

Step-by-step setup guides and copy-paste recipes.

19 entries

AI Cost Optimization Guide★

How Neexo developers can reduce AI Credit usage through model selection, scoped prompts, small contexts, and monthly usage review.

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Bootstrap a New Neexo Project★

Step-by-step guide for setting up a new Neexo project with the recommended .github structure, plugin installation, and project-specific copilot-instructions.

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Create a Custom Agent★

How to write your own Copilot agent with a .agent.md file and optional MCP server connections.

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Getting Started with Neexo AI★

Onboarding for Neexo teams: pick a stack, install Copilot or Cursor plugins, share llms.txt with any assistant, and work cost-consciously.

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Next.js + Drizzle + Clerk Vertical Slice★

End-to-end pattern from auth middleware to tenant-scoped Drizzle queries and server actions.

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Set Up an MCP Server★

Step-by-step guide to configuring an MCP server in VS Code for use with Copilot agents.

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Windows AI Coding Toolbelt★

A Windows setup recipe for installing compact CLI tools that help agents search, inspect, diff, and validate code with less context.

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AI Context Template

A filled example for docs/AI_CONTEXT.md so agents understand purpose, stack, and risks quickly.

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Blender Render Pipeline

Headless Blender rendering through subprocess queues with idempotent workers.

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Check for Plugin Updates

A lightweight workflow pattern for checking Neexo Copilot plugin versions because Copilot plugins do not update automatically in consumer repositories.

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CLI vs MCP: Choosing the Right Tool

A practical guide for choosing local CLIs before MCP servers when they reduce context, cost, and setup overhead.

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Copilot Content Exclusions Guide

A practical guide to keeping generated output, secrets, dependencies, large media, and 3D assets out of AI context by default.

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Figma-to-Code Workflow

Step-by-step recipe for turning Figma designs into production code using the official Figma MCP server, Code Connect, and AI agent rules.

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GitHub Admin AI Setup

A checklist for configuring GitHub Copilot organization settings, content exclusions, model access, budgets, and review cadence for Neexo.

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Model and Agent Routing

Pick the right model and agent mode by task class to control cost and quality.

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Secrets Management (dotenvx & Infisical)

How to configure encrypted secrets for Neexo projects using dotenvx or Infisical, replacing manual .env file sharing.

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Set Up B&R Automation Studio AI Tooling

Install guide for B&R MCP tooling — complements the br-automation-studio stack playbook and awesome-brdk upstream hub.

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Upgrade a Neexo Site to Next.js 16

A migration checklist for moving Neexo Next.js apps to Next.js 16, React 19, async route params, and updated caching.

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Write Effective Instructions

Tips and patterns for writing .instructions.md files that consistently produce high-quality Copilot output.

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