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Aldipower 8 hours ago

We use MCP in production since March 26 for user-facing endurance sports analytics and planning that integrates directly with the MCP host, in this case the chat interfaces of ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Perplexity.ai, Mistral, you name it. All of those let users add either custom MCP servers, which users can do with a simple explanation. To connect Claude for example: https://www.tredict.com/faq/connect-claude-web-with-tredict/ This way users can use Claude to create and push workouts with their Garmin devices based on a prior analysis. We also have a ChatGPT App, which uses MCP in the background: https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_69aef5b699a08191...

The point here is, MCP is the backbone behind the product and enables regular users to do things without knowing anything about it.

The whole "is MCP useless?" discussion is totally pointless from a regular consumer-user perspective, they even do not know what MCP is sometimes. The Tredict ChatGPT App connects with one click and a simple oauth flow. That's it.

adityapatadia 7 hours ago | parent [-]

This. We also thought MCP was useless, but now the workflows by ChatGPT and Claude are so good; it's as good as installing an app from the App Store. We launched MCP for our SaaS and immediately found users using it.

API and MCP all are just buzzwords for customers. What they care about is whether they can get tasks done in our SaaS using Claude or ChatGPT. If that happens, it's a success.

deadbabe 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you not expose a standard REST api?

edgyquant 2 hours ago | parent [-]

MCP is not just a rest api its a layer on top

allknowingfrog an hour ago | parent [-]

A layer than honestly doesn't do much, as I understand it. What does MCP as a protocol actually solve? Is it more than a bandwagon?

woofcat 5 minutes ago | parent [-]

My company uses MCP in production to connect different AI products together that were developed by different teams. It makes the connections very easy, where a REST interface often has quirks and features that you have to understand.