MCP Tool Design Anti-pattern: Avoid 1:1 Mapping to REST API
arpit_bhayani · x · 2026-08-27
arpitbhayani highlights the anti-pattern of mapping MCP tools directly to REST APIs, advising to treat tools as capabilities rather than endpoints, merging multiple operations into one tool to reduce context usage. He also notes that dynamic tool discovery is emerging but designing for the common case still matters.
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