It is a weird trend. I see the appeal of Skills over MCP when you are just a solo dev doing your work. MCP is incredibly useful in an organization context when you need to add controls and process. Both are useful. I feel like the anti-MCP push is coming from people who don't need to work in a large org.

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krzyk 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not sure. Our big org, banned MCPs because they are unsafe, and they have no way to enforce only certain MCPs (in github copilot).

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thenewnewguy 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

But skills where you tell the LLM to shell out to some random command are safe? I'm not sure I understand the logic.

	▲	toomuchtodo 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You can control an execution context in a superior manner than a rando MCP server. MCP Security 2026: 30 CVEs in 60 Days - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47356600 - March 2026 (securing this use case is a component of my work in a regulated industry and enterprise)
	▲	newswasboring 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I think big companies already protect against random commands causing damage. Work laptops are tightly controlled for both networking and software.

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thecopy 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Shameless plug: im working on a product that aims to solve this: https://www.gatana.ai/

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mbreese 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Isn’t it possible to proxy LLM communication and strip out unwanted MCP tool calls from conversations? I mean if you’re going to ban MCPs, you’re probably banning any CLI tooling too, right?

	▲	systima 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe https://usepec.eu ?

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yoyohello13 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

We only allow custom MCP servers.

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9rx 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> I feel like the anti-MCP push is coming from people who don't need to work in a large org.

Any kind of social push like that is always understood to be something to ignore if you understand why you need to ignore it. Do you agree that a typical solo dev caught in the MCP hype should run the other way, even if it is beneficial to your unique situation?

	▲	yoyohello13 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Id agree solo devs can lean toward skills. I liken skills to a sort of bash scripts directory. And for personal stuff I generally use skills only.