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Re:Claude Cowork Exfiltrates Files by Espressosaurus on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @04:21PM (#46623674)
Until there’s the equivalent of stored procedures it’s a problem and people are right to call it out.
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Re:Claude Cowork Exfiltrates Files by twoodfin on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @06:04PM (#46625246)
That’s the role MCP should play: A structured, governed tool you hand the agent.

But everyone fell in love with the power and flexibility of unstructured, contextual “skills”. These depend on handing the agent general purpose tools like shells and SQL, and thus are effectively ungovernable.

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