GitHub MCP maintainer defends MCP: 12M weekly calls, no context problem

At MCPCon, GitHub MCP Server maintainer Sam Morrow argued that MCP's perceived context problem stems from lazy implementations rather than the protocol, citing 12 million weekly calls, and demoed a Pi-MCP fork with progressive disclosure and checkpoints.

2026-09-17 ~ 2026-09-17 · 4 related posts

• GitHub MCP maintainer packs the house at MCPCon with talk "MCP doesn't have a context problem" — marlene_zw · 2026-09-17
• GitHub MCP maintainer demos Pi-MCP fork with progressive disclosure and tool-call checkpoints — marlene_zw · 2026-09-17
• GitHub MCP lead pushes back: 12M tool calls a week say the context problem is implementation, not protocol — marlene_zw · 2026-09-17

1 near-duplicate retellings: marlene_zw