CLI gives models more control over context than badly designed MCP tools
jobergum · x · 2026-07-25
The author argues that the key difference between a CLI workflow and MCP is control over context management.
- A CLI lets the model use its own context-management skills, such as bash and code mode.
- Poorly designed MCP functions can flood the model with irrelevant context.
- In that case, the model loses the ability to decide what matters and is forced to process noise it cannot control.
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