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How I Think About MCP: A Practical Guide to Tool Use in AI Agents

What Model Context Protocol really is, where it does and doesn't work, how it compares to APIs and LangChain, and why I think it's the cutting edge of software on the web now!

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Apr 09, 2025
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Here's a wild thought: what if we stopped telling AI systems exactly what to do?

I've been obsessing over this question lately, because there's this fascinating shift happening in how AI systems interact with software. It's not about fancier models or better prompts. It's about something more fundamental: giving AI the power to actually do things in the …

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