It's a common question! Related: > Tool-Calling - If you’re like me, when you first saw MCP you were wondering “isn’t that just tool-calling?”... Not everyone

It's a common question! Related: > Tool-Calling - If you’re like me, when you first saw MCP you were wondering “isn’t that just tool-calling?”... Not everyone uses langchain nor does langchain cover some of the lower level aspects of actually connecting things up. MCP just helps standardize some of those details so any assistant/integration combo is compatible. Edit: +1 simonw above