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Re:MCP Explained by hnlmorg on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:00PM (#50382962)
Have you considered that maybe it’s useful bloat that you don’t understand much?

XML has features that other documents don’t support and thus can be useful in some domains.

Likewise, I find MCP extremely useful for accessing enterprise systems using OAuth. It’s secure, easy to define access controls, and easy to audit.

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Re:MCP Explained by mattlondon on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:05PM (#50383027)
Yeah but what does MCP actually offer that the agent can't just do on its own? I work with APIs and Oauth and gRPC and all the rest all day long and I've never thought "gee I need another spec so my agent knows how to call this API". The agents just work it out like an engineer does. MCP just seems pointless it doesn't seem to add anything except more token consumption and complexity
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Re:MCP Explained by hnlmorg on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:12PM (#50383850)
I’d already answered that. Audit control in enterprise environments.
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