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Re:WebMCP is available for early preview by qwertox on Sunday March 01, 2026 @06:06PM (#47211738)
I want my local dm shop to offer me their product info as copyable markdown, ingredient list, and other health related information. This could be a way to automate it.
Re:WebMCP is available for early preview by arcanemachiner on Sunday March 01, 2026 @06:15PM (#47211836)
Since you didn't say what a "dm shop" is, I'll assume you mean "dungeon master shop" where you buy Dungeons and Dragons-y stuff.

Or maybe it's a "direct marketing shop", where you bring flyers to be delivered into people's mail? Yeah, that must be it.

Re:WebMCP is available for early preview by Sophira on Sunday March 01, 2026 @06:22PM (#47211892)
Given that it's about food or medicine somehow, because of the mention of ingredients lists and health-related information, it's probably https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dm-drogerie_markt (usually abbreviated "dm").

(I didn't know about that either before now.)

Re:WebMCP is available for early preview by larrymcp on Sunday March 01, 2026 @06:26PM (#47211927)
He probably means the large German drug store chain called DM.

https://www.dm.de/

Re:WebMCP is available for early preview by echoangle on Sunday March 01, 2026 @06:36PM (#47211999)
Why would you want that over a proper API with structured data?
Re:WebMCP is available for early preview by adithyassekhar on Sunday March 01, 2026 @09:30PM (#47213171)
Welcome to a new generation of developers (not by age) who wants unstructured word slop markdown instead of clear jsons. People's brain are turned to a mush because they no longer think in a logical way, that's the LLM's job.
Re:WebMCP is available for early preview by arcanemachiner on Monday March 02, 2026 @01:25AM (#47214521)
@grok Is this true?
Re:WebMCP is available for early preview by qwertox on Monday March 02, 2026 @03:14AM (#47215162)
"unstructured word slop markdown"

Where's the issue? In this case there's no difference between a structured markdown and a structured JSON document for an LLM.

What's wrong with a nutrient table in markdown?

Re:WebMCP is available for early preview by echoangle on Monday March 02, 2026 @03:38AM (#47215329)
If Markdown can be used for LLMs and JSON can be used for LLMs and other purposes too, JSON is better, right?
Re:WebMCP is available for early preview by qwertox on Monday March 02, 2026 @03:12AM (#47215147)
How does my chatbot use the API if not through MCP?
Re:WebMCP is available for early preview by Lord_Zero on Sunday March 01, 2026 @06:15PM (#47211835)
dm?