I see this ranting against MCP all the time, and I don't get it, maybe I'm missing something. I'm currently using an MCP in Cursor to give agents read-only access to my staging and prod databases, as well as BugSnag's MCP so it can look up errors that happen in those environments. It works great. What should I be using for this if not MCP?

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visarga 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Make a CLI tool for it, of course

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senordevnyc 2 hours ago | parent [-]

What? Why? What advantage does that have over just using an MCP server that exposes tools to run queries?

	▲	nojito 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Context. Why would I use an MCP when I can use a cli tool that the model likely trained on how to use?

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canadiantim 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

agent skills, or use claude code to iteratively condense an MCP you want to use into only its most essential tools for your workflow

	▲	senordevnyc 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Agent skills are just a markdown file, what’s in that markdown file in your scenario? And the MCP already only has the most essential tools for my workflow: the ability to run queries against a few databases.