[stugreen13]

MCP

> learn new protocol

> bloat your context with unnecessary tools

> decision overload for agents

> spin up new server, more code to document and maintain

> pain to debug

> constantly changing

CLIs

> 0 context bloat

> one-line install

> on-demand discovery via --help commands

> fast and lightweight

> every model knows bash, even dumb ones

> composable, can chain commands (massively underrated, e.g. cli users list --output json | jq '.[].id' )

> save $$$ on tokens

> no new servers or docs

> can use tools like https://instantcli.com to generate one for any API