mcpick, Svortie Subscriptions and a New Client - March 2026
Right, so March was a bit of a split month. First half I was heads down on Svortie getting subscriptions and file handling over the line. Then from the 16th I started with a new client, so the personal project pace dropped off a bit. Still managed to ship mcpick, write three posts and keep the open source stuff ticking along though. 😅
New Client
After XtendOps wrapped up (mentioned last month), I’ve started with a new client, working across insurance and financial services. I’m on their SvelteKit codebase building out features, getting their Claude Code skills set up, and generally getting stuck in. Can’t say much more than that but it’s been a good change of pace.
Svortie
Big push before the client work started, subscription billing with credit rescaling, Google and LinkedIn OAuth, file I/O (CSV upload, report downloads, artifact preview), and sandbox lifecycle improvements.
Blog Posts
Three posts this month:
- Enable LSP in Claude Code - Language Server Protocol is available in Claude Code but barely anyone uses it. This covers why and how to turn it on
- How to Make Claude Code Follow Hook Instructions - the forced-eval hook pattern I use for skill activation quality control
- McPick: Manage MCP Servers and Plugins in Claude Code - the CLI I built for managing MCP server configs without hand-editing JSON
Open Source
I made mcpick LLM-friendly,
so Claude can manage MCP servers, plugins, hooks, and caches via the
CLI without me having to do it manually. Added mcpick dev for local
MCP server development, marketplace management commands, plugin hook
management with per-hook disable/enable, and cache operations. The
skills work I’ve been doing across my projects can now be managed
entirely through Claude, update definitions, clear caches, toggle
hooks, install from marketplaces. Also shipped some MCP server
improvements alongside it.
claude-code-toolkit got new skills, structured-rpi for gated workflows, deslop for AI slop detection, TDD patterns, and the asshole skill (thanks Ilja for that one) which stops Claude from dismissing pre-existing test and build failures.
Fin
Bit of a transition month, wrapped up the big Svortie push, started the new gig, kept shipping open source in the evenings. If you’ve got questions about any of this, hit me up on Bluesky. Thanks for reading!