Limitations of Model Composition Protocol (MCP) and the Power of Code
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Bogdanp
11mo ago· 11 min readenOpinion
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Summary
The article discusses the limitations of the MCP (Model Composition Protocol) and emphasizes the importance of code in solving agentic flows. It highlights the challenges of composition and context demands in using MCP for tasks like completing a GitHub task.
Key quotes
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It demands too much context. You must supply significant upfront input, and every tool invocation consumes even more context than simply writing and running code.
The solution to agentic flows was code all along.
