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It is a weird trend. I see the appeal of Skills over MCP when you are just a solo dev doing your work. MCP is incredibly useful in an organization context when
by yoyohello13 7mo ago
It is a weird trend. I see the appeal of Skills over MCP when you are just a solo dev doing your work. MCP is incredibly useful in an organization context when you need to add controls and process. Both are useful. I feel like the anti-MCP push is coming from people who don't need to work in a large org.
- krzyk 7mo agoNot sure. Our big org, banned MCPs because they are unsafe, and they have no way to enforce only certain MCPs (in github copilot).
- thenewnewguy 7mo agoBut skills where you tell the LLM to shell out to some random command are safe? I'm not sure I understand the logic.
- toomuchtodo 7mo agoYou can control an execution context in a superior manner than a rando MCP server. MCP Security 2026: 30 CVEs in 60 Days - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47356600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47356600 - March 2026 (securing this use case is a component of my work in a regulated industry and enterprise)
- newswasboring 7mo agoI think big companies already protect against random commands causing damage. Work laptops are tightly controlled for both networking and software.
- krzyk 7mo agoThey are not also, but I like that they didn't ban those, we can use agents thanks to that.
- yoyohello13 7mo agoWe only allow custom MCP servers.
- mbreese 7mo agoIsn’t it possible to proxy LLM communication and strip out unwanted MCP tool calls from conversations? I mean if you’re going to ban MCPs, you’re probably banning any CLI tooling too, right?
- thecopy 7mo agoShameless plug: im working on a product that aims to solve this: https://www.gatana.ai/ https://www.gatana.ai/
- brabel 7mo agoWho isn't?
- 9rx 7mo ago> I feel like the anti-MCP push is coming from people who don't need to work in a large org. Any kind of social push like that is always understood to be something to ignore if you understand why you need to ignore it. Do you agree that a typical solo dev caught in the MCP hype should run the other way, even if it is beneficial to your unique situation?
- yoyohello13 7mo agoId agree solo devs can lean toward skills. I liken skills to a sort of bash scripts directory. And for personal stuff I generally use skills only.