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MCP was always a bad idea—agents should just use APIs and CLIs directly
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作者直接开喷，说 MCP（模型上下文协议）是给当年不够聪明的模型设计的，现在已经过时了。现在的模型能自己写脚本、读 --help 文档、直接调 HTTP API，根本不需要中间再套一层 MCP 服务器。文章指出，MCP 生态搞出了一堆服务器和工具，结果反而造成上下文臃肿，各家平台还得想办法用搜索模式来精简工具列表，这本身就是个短期补丁。Cloudfla...
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Sep 21
- Hacker News front pageMCP was always a bad idea—agents should just use APIs and CLIs directly
The author argues MCP was built for less capable models and now causes context bloat. Today's LLMs can write scripts, read --help, and call HTTP APIs directly. Lighter alternatives like Cloudflare's Code Mode and the Accept: text/markdown header are already emerging. The post suggests retiring most MCP servers and standardizing how agents consume APIs via content negotiation.