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This rolls up to my original point. I get that if you stipulate the agent can't run code, you need some kind of systems solution to the problem of "let the agen
by tptacek 8mo ago
This rolls up to my original point. I get that if you stipulate the agent can't run code, you need some kind of systems solution to the problem of "let the agent talk to an API". I just don't get why that's a network protocol coupling the agent to the API and attempting to capture the shape of every possible API. That seems... dumb.
- kasey_junk 8mo agoEnvironments where it’s hard to install and configure cli tools and where you want oauth flows. That is mcp for coding agents is dumb. For gui apps installed at non-cli using non-permissive endpoints it makes a lot of sense.
- tptacek 8mo agoRight, this is the part of the problem I get, but a universal meta-API seems like they're overshooting it by a lot.
- kasey_junk 8mo agoThe argument that mcp is poorly designed is different than “just use cli” which is further different than mcp is a dead end. I agree mcp is bad as a protocol and likely not what solves the problem long term. But clearly the cli focus is an artifact of coding agents being the tip of the iceberg that we are seeing for llm agent use cases.