Before Building an MCP Integration, Try the CLI
I recently shared a short post on LinkedIn: “If an agent can do the job with an existing CLI, I do not think we need to build another MCP integration.” Let me explain the thinking behind it. Start with the Tools You Already Have Before building an integration, I would ask what the agent actually needs to do. Maybe it needs to list pull requests, inspect a deployment, or read a file from cloud storage. We already have command-line tools for these operations. An agent becoming the caller does not automatically create a need for another interface. ...