Comment by bmurphy1976

That makes some sense. But one can make the argument given how easy it is to create CLI tools and add new API endpoints, enhancing them is still a better approach than creating and MCP.

I'm not pro or anti-MCP myself. I just haven't had a lot of success using them yet. I've been struggling to find the right balance and every path has lead me to a CLI tool (optionally paired with a skill).

Now I'm not using my cli tools in Claude Chat proper, but I'm not using MCPs either because they just keep failing me. This could very well be a me problem, but I'm still looking for that "ah-ha" moment.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but the way you describe MCP sure sounds like it's just another RPC endpoint. Those are easy to add using traditional methods. Why deal with all the overhead of MCP for those cases?