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Re:MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System by xg15 on Saturday June 28, 2025 @11:31AM (#44405406)
Is it "self-described" in the sense I can get a list of endpoints or methods, with a human- (or LLM-) readable description for each - or does it supply actual schemata that I could also use with non-AI clients?

(Even if only the former, it would of course be a huge step forward, as I could have the LLM generate schemata. Also, at least, everyone is standardizing on a base protocol now, and a way to pass command names, arguments, results, etc. That's already a huge step forward in contrast to arbitrary Rest+JSON or even HTTP APIs)

Re:MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System by Spivak on Saturday June 28, 2025 @12:27PM (#44405929)
For each tool you get the human description as well as a JSON schema for the parameters needed to call the function.
Re:MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System by talos_ on Saturday June 28, 2025 @02:22PM (#44406914)
You're getting an arbirary string back though...
Re:MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System by jcelerier on Saturday June 28, 2025 @05:26PM (#44408311)
how else would you describe an arbitrary tool?