Brief #12
Brief #12: Claude Code Hooks, vLLM DeepSeek R1 Benchmarks, and Custom MCP Servers
An in-depth breakdown of Claude Code hook automation, self-hosting DeepSeek R1 on RunPod vLLM, and building TypeScript MCP servers.
Claude vLLM MCP DeepSeek
Key Issue Takeaways
- How to isolate state in multi-agent autonomous coding loops.
- Benchmarking vLLM throughput (tok/s) on single H100 vs 4x RTX 3090s.
- Setting up token cache limits for Claude 3.5 Sonnet API.
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