My friend @stevelacey says AI agents almost never use MCPs if they have it available I thought the same before which I was against MCP so long I always thought APIs could do the same already, in the
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Agent tool-use vs MCP tradeoff, relevant agentic pattern debate.
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I thought the same before which I was against MCP so long
I always thought APIs could do the same already, in the
> Agent tool-use vs MCP tradeoff, relevant agentic pattern debate.
My friend @stevelacey says AI agents almost never use MCPs if they have it available
I thought the same before which I was against MCP so long
I always thought APIs could do the same already, in the back they're almost exactly the same
Long term I think MCP and API endpoints will just merge into one, both supporting API keys and OAuth account level access
I have been adding MCPs to my site simply for the fact that people expect them now but as Steve says it's debatable if AI agents actually will use them over whatever other way there is to use your site
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