Dev argues MCP, Harness and Skills are absurd and will die like prompt engineering
shlomifruchter · x · 2026-10-06
Developer Shlomi Fruchter argues that MCP, Harness, and Skills — attempts to create specialized environments and protocols for AI — are absurd and unnecessary, predicting they will go the way of prompt engineering. A contrarian take against the current wave of agent standardization efforts.
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