As an alternative perspective, if this hypothetical MCP future materializes and the repair shop could ask Gemini to contact all the vendors, find the part that's actually in stock, preferably within 25 miles, sort by price, order it, and (if we're really going out on a limb) get a Waymo to go pick it up, it will free up the tradeperson to do what they're skilled at doing

For comparison to how things are today:

- contacting vendors requires using the telephone, sitting on hold, talking to a person, possibly navigating the phone tree to reach the parts department

- it would need to understand redirection, so if call #1 says "not us, but Jimmy over at Foo Parts has it"

- finding the part requires understanding the difference between the actual part and an OEM compatible one

- ordering it would require finding the payment options they accept that intersect with those the caller has access to, which could include an existing account (p.o. or store credit)

- ordering it would require understanding "ok, it'll be ready in 30 minutes" or "it's on the shelf right now" type nuance

Now, all of those things are maybe achievable today, with the small asterisk that hallucinations are fatal to a process that needs to work