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MCP Is More Useful as Context Distribution Than as RPC
Most discussions around MCP focus on tool calling.
That is natural.
When people first see MCP, the obvious use case is simple:
Let the AI call external tools.
A model can read a GitHub issue.
A model can query a database.
A model can update a file.
A model can call an API.
In that sense, MCP looks like an RPC layer for AI agents.
That is useful.
But I think it may not be the most important use of MCP.
The more interesting use is this:
MCP can distribute context,...
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