I Still Prefer MCP Over Skills
Summary
An advocate argues that Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a more pragmatic architecture than Skills for enabling LLMs to access services. It outlines MCP's benefits—zero-install remote usage, seamless updates, saner authentication, portability, sandboxing, smart discovery, and frictionless updates—and critiques Skills for CLI dependencies, deployment friction, secret management, and context bloat. The piece also highlights connectors vs manuals and cites real-world MCP examples like DEVONthink, Kikuyo, and MCP Nest.