MCPs Aren't APIs: Stop Treating Them Like One
Expensive-Cookie-106 · reddit · 2026-09-01
The post argues that while the Model Context Protocol (MCP) extends AI agent capabilities by connecting to data sources, it should not be treated like a standard API. The author highlights that MCPs can incur costs, and developers/users need to be aware of the actual expenses involved in running MCP servers.
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