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Re:MCP Doesn't Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code by reactordev on Monday August 18, 2025 @06:53AM (#44939266)
MCP is Model Context Protocol, welcome to the land of the living. Make sure you turn the lights off to the cave. :)

It’s pretty well known by now what MCP stands for, unless you were referring to something else…

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Re:MCP Doesn't Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code by AznHisoka on Monday August 18, 2025 @08:12AM (#44939729)
If by cave, you mean a productive room where busy people get things done, I agree.
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Re:MCP Doesn't Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code by tronreference on Monday August 18, 2025 @07:31AM (#44939476)
Master Control Program:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atmQjQjoZCQ

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Re:MCP Doesn't Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code by lsaferite on Monday August 18, 2025 @08:54AM (#44940058)
I refuse to believe they didn't name the spec with that in mind.

Also... that's some dedication. A user dedicated to a single comment.

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Re:MCP Doesn't Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code by polotics on Monday August 18, 2025 @11:18AM (#44941603)
Mysteriously Convoluted Protocol ...to get LLM's to do tool calling. I do agree that direct code execution in an enclave is the way to go.
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Re:MCP Doesn't Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code by koakuma-chan on Monday August 18, 2025 @07:22AM (#44939424)
> It’s pretty well known by now what MCP

Minecraft Coder Pack

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Re:MCP Doesn't Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code by klez on Monday August 18, 2025 @06:56AM (#44939280)
I, for one, still need to look it up every time I see it mentioned. Not everyone is talking or thinking about LLMs every waking minute.
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Re:MCP Doesn't Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code by grim_io on Monday August 18, 2025 @07:36AM (#44939513)
Are you looking up what the abbreviation stands for, or what an MCP is?

The first case doesn't matter at all if you already know what an MCP actually is.

At least for the task of understanding the article.

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Re:MCP Doesn't Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code by lsaferite on Monday August 18, 2025 @08:47AM (#44939983)
MCP being the initialism for "Model Context Protocol", the specification released by Anthropic, generally dictates you shouldn't say "an MCP" but simply "MCP" or "the MCP". If you are referring to a concrete implementation of a part of MCP, then you likely meant to say "an MCP Server" or "an MCP Client".
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Re:MCP Doesn't Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code by reactordev on Monday August 18, 2025 @07:00AM (#44939305)
I figured with all the AI posts and models, tools, apps, featured on here in the last year or two that it was a given. I guess not.
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