[dave_meshimize]

The CLI is great for humans, but for agents, the 'Discovery' problem is real. With a CLI, I still have to 'teach' the LLM how to use it by feeding it help docs or manual examples, especially for new or internal tools the model wasn't trained on.

MCP’s biggest strength is that it self-advertises, the agent knows the capabilities and schemas immediately upon connection. It turns 'tool-use' from a prompting/training problem into a standardized handshake. I’d much rather have a protocol that handles the discovery than have to manage custom system prompts for every new CLI utility.