@svpino: MCP is not dead. For the people who keep saying "bUt McP pUts GaRbaGe iN yOuR cOntExT", that's an outdated complaint: N…

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A defense of MCP (Model Context Protocol) against criticism that it puts garbage in context, noting that modern tools like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor implement progressive disclosure and load MCP tools on demand, making the complaint outdated. The author argues MCP is best for cloud-hosted platforms requiring authentication and discoverability.

MCP is not dead. For the people who keep saying "bUt McP pUts GaRbaGe iN yOuR cOntExT", that's an outdated complaint: None of the tools you use suffer from that. Check Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor: They all implement progressive disclosure and load MCP tools on demand. In 2026, MCP barely touches your context. For local agents, a CLI wins as long as there's a filesystem and a shell. But if you need to reach a cloud-hosted platform that requires authentication and discoverability, nothing beats MCP. I had to record a video about this.
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