Posted by meetpateltech 3 days ago
Any Python function can become a tool. There are a bunch of built in ones like for filesystem access.
But not Team?
I use the desktop app. It causes excessive battery drain, but I like having it as a shortcut. Do most people use the web app?
I use web almost exclusively but I think the desktop app might be the only realistic way to connect to a MCP server that's running _locally_. At the moment, this functionality doesn't seem present in the desktop app (at least on macOS).
For decades, the software engineering community writ large has worked to make computing more secure. This has involved both education and significant investments.
Have there been major breaches along the way? Absolutely!
Is there more work to be done to defend against malicious actors? Always!
Have we seen progress over time? I think so.
But in the last few days, both Anthropic[0] and now OpenApi have put offerings into the world which effectively state to the software industry:
Do you guys think you can stop us from making new
and unstoppable attack vectors that people will
gladly install, then blame you and not us when their
data are held ransom along with their systems being
riddled with malware?
Hold my beer...
0 - https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-for-chromeSo... practically no one? My experience has been that almost everyone testing these cutting edge AI tools as they come out are more interested in new tool shinyness than safety or security.
Btw it was already possible (but inelegant) to forward Gpt actions requests to MCP servers, I documented it here
https://harmlesshacks.blogspot.com/2025/05/using-mcp-servers...