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.

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deadbabe 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you not expose a standard REST api?

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edgyquant 2 hours ago | parent [-]

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

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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.