Comment by rsalus
1 day ago
yes, but clis thus need self-service commands to provide guidance, and their responses need to be optimized for consumption by agents. in a sense, this is the same sort of context tax that MCP servers incur. so in my view cli and MCP are complementary tools; one is not strictly superior over the other.
> yes, but clis thus need self-service commands to provide guidance, and their responses need to be optimized for consumption by agents.
MCP vs Agent Skills:
MCPs once configured cost you tokens even when they are not used. Unlike MCPs, skills use progressive disclosure. The AI agent does not load up the entire context, if the skill is not being used.
MCPs will die off mostly for this reason alone.