MCP servers were a fad, but virtually all of them are completely useless, and often counterproductive for agents that can run code and execute commands directly.
When agents struggle to quickly understand how to use tools, SKILLS provide a far better solution than MCP.
The real issue is that some agents support MCP yet cannot execute any commands without it; tools like Jan or Claude Desktop. With these agents, you can't even access remote APIs, making an MCP necessary despite its limitations.
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MCP servers were a fad, but virtually all of them are completely useless, and often counterproductive for agents that can run code and execute commands directly.
When agents struggle to quickly understand how to use tools, SKILLS provide a far better solution than MCP.
The real issue is that some agents support MCP yet cannot execute any commands without it; tools like Jan or Claude Desktop. With these agents, you can't even access remote APIs, making an MCP necessary despite its limitations.