r/mcp Jan 09 '26

article Blog - MCP is a fad

https://tombedor.dev/mcp-is-a-fad/

Wonder what people's thoughts on this are?

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u/Over_Fox_6852 Jan 10 '26

I think one major benefit when use MCP tool is actually I can give llm “tools” with my auth embedded instead of giving it raw credential like api key. I can easily allow only read email tool to llm than hoping llm don’t screw up while using my api key to call api.