MCP Servers vs Agent Skills: Which to Build in 2026
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A decision framework for 2026: MCP servers give an agent access to a live system, Agent Skills teach it how to do a task. Here is when to build each, when to build both, and the criteria that actually decide it, grounded in the MCP spec and Anthropic's skills docs.
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