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sshh12yesterday at 2:55 AM1 replyview on HN

Thanks! I def don't think I would have guessed this use case when MCP first came out, but more and more it seems Claude just yearns for scripting on data rather than a bunch of "tools". My/MCPs job has become just getting it that data.


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nostreboredyesterday at 6:03 AM

Have you tried using light CLIs rather than MCP? I’ve found that CLIs are just easier for Claude, especially if you write them with Claude and during planning instruct it to think about adding guidance to users who get confused.

Our auth, log diving, infra state, etc, is all usable via cli, and it feels pretty good when pointing Claude at it.

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