I have been working full time in the MCP (& WebMCP) space for about a year now. Half consulting half spec work.

The article is semi right. Local MCPs that are made by enthusiasts wrapping an api they don’t own? Yes that is dead and should never have been a thing in the first place.

But MCP in its current direction and form is really an OAuth Protocol over http. And it has something other that other agent identity protocols don’t: client adoption