I like how MCP is not shoved into our face anymore after people realised more mcp servers eat into context and agents can easily use CLI tools.

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_pdp_ 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I fully agree with the comment but CLI tools don't do auth and session management in a consistent way. Besides, imagine if now every vendor out there need to distributed custom binaries for their services. Some of them do. Many don't.. but overall it is just increased security risk for the end user when the functionality that is delivered is simply an interface to an API.

	▲	Mic92 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I remember that a llm agents often store those in clear text files (I think claude-code beeing one of them). Many of the CLIs I use have a better secret hygiene than that i.e. allow passwords commands or use secret apis.
	▲	conception 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		MCP tools do not do auth and session management in a consistent way based on just the seven or so I use regularly.

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kordlessagain an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

And how do the agents use the CLI tools, exactly?