What the MCP protocol actually standardises
It settles how capabilities are described and discovered. Every decision about whether to trust them is still yours.
Jul 23, 20262 min read6
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What the Model Context Protocol actually standardises, and what it leaves to you. Hosts, clients and servers, the three primitives, transport as an ownership decision, and when a direct API is the better call.
Where your MCP server runs is a production decision
Transport looks like a technical detail during the demo. It is really a choice about ownership, reachability and trust.
Jul 24, 20263 min read77
Tools, resources and prompts are not interchangeable
Choosing the wrong primitive hands the model authority a person was supposed to hold.
Jul 25, 20262 min read1
A clean connector does not make a reliable agent
Connector correctness and agent behaviour are separate problems. Most teams only test the first one.
Jul 27, 20262 min read
When MCP earns its overhead, and when a direct API is better
One question settles most of these arguments: will more than one AI application need this capability?
Jul 28, 20263 min read4