BloodHound MCP One Year Later: Lessons in Context Design for LLM Integration
By
Matthew Nickerson
Summary
The author reflects on the evolution of BloodHound MCP (Model Context Protocol) one year after its initial release. The first version proved LLMs could interact with BloodHound, but the current version taught that MCP design is fundamentally context design. Key improvements included smaller but more flexible tools, better error recovery, domain-specific resources, and a guiding prompt rather than exhaustive upfront teaching. The article shares lessons learned about designing MCPs for LLM consumption, emphasizing that context design—not just API coverage—is the critical factor for success.
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The most useful changes were smaller but more flexible tools, better error recovery, domain-specific resources, and a prompt that guides the model instead of trying to teach everything up front.
To me, more coverage meant better results. I was wrong.
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