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MCP is supposed to grant "agency" (whatever that means), not merely expose curated data and functionality. In practice, the distinction is little more than the
by TimTheTinker 1y ago
MCP is supposed to grant "agency" (whatever that means), not merely expose curated data and functionality.
In practice, the distinction is little more than the difference between different HTTP verbs, but I think there is a real difference in what people are intending to enable when creating an MCP server vs. standard APIs.
- adregan 1y agoMight be another reflection of McLuhan‘s “the medium is the message” in that APIs are built with the intended interface in mind. To this point, GUIs; going forward, AI agents. While the intention rhymes, the meaning of these systems diverge.