alt Hacker NewsBasically MCP is little more than a brand name for "APIs LLM's can use". This means more services are creating APIs, because xyz company who's never been super tech forward doesn't want their tools to be obsolete when everyone uses agents.
Overall, I am in favor of this goal. I'm not sure this is the protocol I'd choose to accomplish it, but it's the one people hear about, and the one they're using.
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Yes. But that's dangerous for end users. It enables lock in. All it does is context management, so skills are much better choice
"and the one they're using." no it's not.
Agents are just making REST calls and that's it.
The best thing a company can do to make their stuff 'agent ready' is to make sure the lllm.txt docs are clear-cut and ready for the AI with clear instructions for agentic use.
'MCP' is frankly a hurdle.
Now - it probably does make sense to add MCP, because it's not expensive at all, and some will like that use case, it maybe garners a bit more attention .
MCP is a 'weak externalization' - people are using it because others are using it, and it's a 'workable' but 'not strong' solution.
It could very well entrench itself however.
I suggest you implement an MCP server before adopting this as a firm technical opinion.
Yeah it was quite weird seeing "Many of these companies don't even have an external API!" given MCP is literally a protocol for an external API. Not a good one in my opinion but it indeed has mindshare.