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_heimdalltoday at 4:41 AM1 replyview on HN

Why? What does it add that accessibility features don't cover? And of there's a delta there, why have everyone build WebMCP into their sites rather than improve accessibility specs?


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DrScientisttoday at 10:34 AM

Because, thinking bigger picture, having an AI assistant acting on your behalf might be more effective than slow navigation via accessibility features?

I get the wider point that if accessibility features were good enough at describing the functionality and intent then you wouldn't need a separate WebMCP.

So what does WebMCP do that accessibility doesn't?

Seems to me, at cursory reading, it's around providing a direct js interface to the web site ( as oppose to DOM forms ).

Kind of mixing an API and a human UI into one single page.

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