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MCP is nice, but does your agent use it without you explicitly asking it to do so? From my experience, instructions in `.md` files aren't enough. In fact, Clau
by alexaholic 2mo ago
MCP is nice, but does your agent use it without you explicitly asking it to do so?
From my experience, instructions in `.md` files aren't enough. In fact, Claude seems to prefer the shell over even its own built-in tools (e.g. `read`, `edit` etc.) See: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/19649 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/19649. It's like an old dog that needs to be tricked to learn new tricks.
- 0xAstro 2mo agoor you can just wire everything up in the shell itself keeping it as simple as possible with one single tool
- alexaholic 2mo ago> or you can just wire everything up in the shell itself keeping it as simple as possible with one single tool If I understand correctly, you’re not answering my question, and you’re not talking about MCP either. Have you considered that maybe you’re in the wrong thread?
- rglover 2mo agoSame experience for me. I routinely have to say "no, use the tool" or "no, read your skills." More frustrating than anything but I've definitely noticed models [1] struggling to grab the right tool without me steering it. [1] Recently: Opus 4.7/4.8 and Kimi K3