MCP now beats CLIs for most integrations as protocol goes stateless
mitsuhiko · x · 2026-09-16
- A developer thread argues MCP is now better than CLIs for most integrations: models have gotten much better at tool calling, tools can be deferred, and MCP is now stateless.
- Practical tip: when you need to compose or filter data, add params like query to your MCP tools.
- mitsuhiko adds that at the protocol level, MCP is a massive improvement over where it started.
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