[tb1989]

I think this article explains it all:

MCP Isn’t the USB-C of AI — It’s Just a USB-Claude Dongle

https://dev.to/internationale/mcp-is-not-ai-usb-c-its-usb-cl...

Nonetheless, I think your work is very good and it looks like a very useful dongle

[zipy124]

I'm not even sure comparing it to USB is helpful, since USB is just a transport protocol, not communication protocol. Just because two devices have usb ports doesn't mean they can be connected together, otherwise we wouldn't need device drivers. So in this instance it's more of a unified device driver, rather than a port.

[tb1989]

I totally agree. As someone with an EE background, this metaphor makes me a little physically uncomfortable. Considering that the developers and users of mcp are almost all programmers who need to use cli, I really don't understand why they don't tell the truth to programmers.

[Leynos]

That article makes very little sense.

The protocol itself sits on top of JSON-RPC, and the specifications are there for anyone to implement. There's nothing specific to Claude about it.

There are various MCP client and server implementations available that are also unrelated to Anthropic.

[tb1989]

- The official example strongly promotes the Anthropic API, which is on GitHub. This is clear evidence.

- There is no clear explanation of the coupling between the system prompt and the tool call. Even if it mentions the open source Gemma or Deepseek, it would be much better.

The official attitude makes it difficult to trust this project.

The point you made is exactly the cunning part. Anyone can copy it, but without official support, it is simply impossible: this is pure community exploitation