Posted by ejholmes 17 hours ago
Not only it had lots of issues and security problems all over the place and it was designed to be complicated.
For example, Why does your password manager need an MCP server? [0]
But it still does not mean a CLI is any better for everything.
Dang, I fixed the title for you.
Really it seems to me the difference is that an mcp could be more token-efficient, but it isn't, because you dump every mcp's instructions all the time into your context.
Of course then again skills frequently doesn't get triggered.
just seems like coding agent bugs/choices and protocol design?
MCP is still going to be handy enough for iot type devices, where an llm can discover what's actually supported by that device without needing to query about the specific version.
Swagger / OpenAPI just aren't detailed enough to use without other documentation.
Skills & instructions will always have the limit that they run locally, so if they don't match the server there is a problem.