Why build your own AI agent when Claude Code can call your MCP servers?
tQkSushi · reddit · 2026-10-24
A Reddit poster asks why companies should build proprietary AI agents at all, when they could expose MCP servers and let customers use Claude Code or Codex directly. The only rationale he sees is keeping users inside their own software—sparking debate on agent product differentiation and control.
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