@trq212: related to this- I think bash is no longer all you need, if your goal is just reliably tool calling but sandboxes + bas…
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Thariq argues that MCPs are better than CLIs for AI tool calling due to improved model capabilities and MCP's stateless design, while bash and sandboxes are still good for code generation and execution.
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related to this- I think bash is no longer all you need, if your goal is just reliably tool calling
but sandboxes + bash are still good for work that involves code generation & execution
Thariq (@trq212): I was not expecting things to go this way, but I think MCPs are better than CLIs for most integrations.
The models have gotten much better at tool calling, we can defer tools & MCP is now stateless.
If you need to compose/filter data, add params like query to your MCP tools.
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