# “you said no mcp!” | earendil

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## What Jamie wrote

Things change so fast in AI that I don't think you could ever rule in or out a specific solution. Also, I personally have found that MCP is a great way to force contextual thinking around tools. Sometimes command-lines represent the same thing, but not always.

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