MCP Servers Are Not the Hard Part (opens in new tab)

The MCP demo is easy now. That is the part people keep underestimating. Once a protocol gets enough examples, SDKs, docs, and copy-pasteable server templates, the first win becomes cheap. Your agent calls a tool. It reads a resource. It pulls context from somewhere that used to require glue code. The screenshot looks great. Then the second server shows up. Then the fifth. Then someone gives an agent access to browser debugging, issue trackers, a database console, internal docs, shell commands...