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Re:Everything Wrong with MCP by aoeusnth1 on Sunday April 13, 2025 @11:18PM (#43677767)
If you are a tool provider, you need a standard protocol for the AI agent frontends to be able to connect to your tool.
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Re:Everything Wrong with MCP by geysersam on Monday April 14, 2025 @12:41AM (#43678111)
I think the commenter is asking "why can't that standard protocol be http and open api?"
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Re:Everything Wrong with MCP by stevenhuang on Monday April 14, 2025 @01:15AM (#43678288)
MCP is a meta-api and it basically is that, but with further qualifications that the endpoints and how they work themselves are part of the spec so LLMs can work with them better.
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