Why Connecting an Agent to an API Is So Exhausting
Late-Particular9795 · reddit · 2026-07-14
The author asks how long it actually takes to connect an agent to an external API.
They note that it almost always boils down to "finishing the model part in a day and spending the rest of the week hand-coding the MCP server," which includes handling authentication, retries, deployment, and writing tool descriptions that models won't misinterpret. They also wonder if others are manually reinventing the wheel, copying GitHub templates, or using better tools, noting that auth is personally their biggest pain point.
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