@jianshuo: When choosing a technical solution on the server side, is it better to expose MCP or directly use SKILLS+CLI? I feel like the latter is gradually becoming mainstream, and MCP doesn't seem to have any advantages, except for an auto-updating tool discovery mechanism that SKILL doesn't have.
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Discussion on server-side technical solution selection: expose MCP or directly use SKILLS+CLI? The author believes SKILLS+CLI has become mainstream, and MCP's only advantage is the auto-updating tool discovery mechanism.
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