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Show HN: mcp-use v2 rebuilt from scratch for stateless 2026-07-28 MCP spec

https://manufact.com/blog/mcp-use-v2

Hi HN, Luigi here. We maintain mcp-use an open-source TypeScript framework for building MCP servers and MCP Apps: https://github.com/mcp-use/mcp-use MCP is now (finally) stateless so we rewrote mcp-use v2 from scratch for the 2026-07-28 MCP spec revision: https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2026-07-28/Thanks to the rebuild:- Throughput: +27% → from 8,615 to 10,982 median ops/sec- Cold...

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Re:Stateless MCP has recaptured my interest on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @03:33PM (#49187802)
afaik Claude already has a "discovery" tool for official Claude connectors, that's why a lot of companies are rushing to get on the marketplaces. I know that bc I'm the founder of https://manufact.com and we helped a ton of companies with that.
Re:Stateless MCP has recaptured my interest on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @03:30PM (#49187768)
which is far from the best MCP inspector out there we hosted an online version of the mcp-use inspector which is pretty convenient: https://inspector.manufact.com/inspector
Building MCP Apps (MCP servers with Apps SDK support) is pretty painful right now.

You need to:

1. Spin up a server that returns UI components.

2. Hand-write a bunch of JSON schemas + tool wiring

So we open-sourced a high-level MCP Server SDK that basically lets you have both the MCP server and React components in the same place:

- Every React component you put in your resources/ folder is automatically built and exposed as an MCP resource + tools. No extra registration boilerplate.

- We added a useWidget hook that takes the tool args and maps them directly into your component props, so the agent effectively “knows” what data the widget needs to render. You focus on UI + logic, the SDK handles the plumbing

Docs for that flow here: https://docs.mcp-use.com/typescript/server/creating-apps-sdk...

We also shipped an MCP Inspector to make the dev loop much less painful: you can connect your MCP server, test UI components from tools (with auto-refresh), and debug how it behaves with ChatGPT/agents as you iterate. https://docs.mcp-use.com/inspector/debugging-chatgpt-apps

Both the SDK and the Inspector are open-source, and any contributions are very welcome :)

Those are the repos:

- SDK: https://github.com/mcp-use/mcp-use

- Inspector: https://github.com/mcp-use/mcp-use/tree/main/libraries/types...

Re:Show HN: Code Mode for MCP in MCP-use's client on Thursday November 20, 2025 @12:27PM (#45995162)
One thing I’ve been thinking about: Should Code Mode live purely in the MCP client, or could there be real value in having MCP servers also expose a “code mode” execution surface themselves?

For some mcp servers, having domain-specific batch operations or embedded execution could unlock more efficient workflows.

Love the concept—TubePen is super cool! A couple of quick thoughts:

1. Make it so we can just paste the video URL instead of editing it ourselves. Way easier. 2. Let people try it without logging in first. Login walls are hurt conversions!

Seriously, though, this has so much potential. Can’t wait to see where it goes!

I totally agree with you. At orango.ai, we have implemented the auto-click feature, but before it clicks, we position the cursor on the button and display a brief loading animation, allowing the user to interrupt the process.
Re:Show HN: I made an AI powered technical writer on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @05:04PM (#39984236)
That’s really cool! Can I try the ai writer without signing up?