Autonomy is a runtime decision, not a model decision
Agents get more capable by default. They only get bounded on purpose.
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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?
A clean connector does not make a reliable agent
Connector correctness and agent behaviour are separate problems. Most teams only test the first one.
Tools, resources and prompts are not interchangeable
Choosing the wrong primitive hands the model authority a person was supposed to hold.
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.
What the MCP protocol actually standardises
It settles how capabilities are described and discovered. Every decision about whether to trust them is still yours.
