A Mac drawing app added an MCP server to test its tools—and it became the killer feature
DrawSimple_for_MacOS · reddit · 2026-09-20
The developer behind DrawSimple, a native MacOS drawing app, added an MCP server originally to help test the app's tools programmatically. Unexpectedly, the MCP integration turned out to be the app's killer feature—a neat example of using MCP not just for agent orchestration but as a testing and automation interface that brings AI capabilities to traditional desktop software.
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