MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System

Re:MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System by OJFord on Saturday June 28, 2025 @03:35PM (#44407497)

> The main difference between MCP and REST is `list-tools`.

> REST APIs have 5 or 6 ways of doing that

You think nobody's ever going to publish a slight different standard to Anthropic's MCP that is also primarily intended for LLMs?

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Re:MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System by doug_durham on Saturday June 28, 2025 @04:30PM (#44407934)

Why would they? I'm sure the "Enterprise" folks are putting together some working group to develop ANSI-xyzzy standard for Enterprise operability which will never see the light of day.

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Re:MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System by OJFord on Saturday June 28, 2025 @07:02PM (#44408876)

Because they genuinely think it'll work better, because they think it will build brand awareness/moat, because they're upset MCP comes from a competitor

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