[defaultcompany]

One confusing thing to me was the word "server". An "MCP server" is a server to the LLM "client". But the MCP server itself is a client to the thing it's connecting the LLM to. So it's more like an adapter or proxy. Also I was confused because often this server runs on your local system (although it doesn't have to). In my mind I thought if they're calling it a server it must be run in the cloud somewhere but that's often not the case.

[iLoveOncall]

MCP is supposed to support both concepts of a local and a remote server, but in practice most have opted to build local servers and the tooling basically only supports that which is a shame and, in my opinion, a nonsensical choice that basically only has downsides (you need to maintain the local server, your customers need to install it, you have to remain retro-compatible with your local server, etc.).

This just continues to reinforce my feeling that everything around vibe coding and GenAI-first work is extremely shortsighted and poor quality.

[throwaway314155]

Remote server implementations would naturally invite a number of jailbreak data exfiltration exploits, no?

[ljlolel]

Reminds me of X11server