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is that true? i'd like that, but i get the sense that this mcp stuff is more oriented around programming assistant and agent applications.

i suppose the desktop app can use it, but how good is it for this general purpose "chat with the database for lightweight analytics" use cases is it worth the trouble of dealing with some electron app to make it work?

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sshine 12 days ago | parent [-]

> i get the sense that this mcp stuff is more oriented around programming assistant and agent applications

Agents will become ubiquitous parts of the user interface that is currently the chat.

So if you bother with a website or an electron app now, MCP will just add more capabilities to what you can control using agents.

	▲	a-dub 12 days ago \| parent [-]
		yeah, i understand the premise. my question revolves around how well it actually works today for bi style applications. specifically, how close is it to being something that you can just drop in as a smart query and plotting interface rather than a bi stack that is built around something like tableau. when i've read through documentation for mcp servers, it seems like the use cases they've mostly been focused on are improving effectiveness of programming assistants by letting them look at databases associated with codebases they're looking to modify. i understand that these things are meant to be generic in nature, but you never really know if something is fit for purpose until it's been used for that purpose. (at least until agi, i suppose)