MCPs vs Agent Skills: Understanding the Difference
MCPs give Claude capabilities. Skills teach Claude workflows. Here's the mental model I use to decide which one I need.
2 articles about model-context-protocol - lessons from building and scaling real software.
MCPs give Claude capabilities. Skills teach Claude workflows. Here's the mental model I use to decide which one I need.
Three design principles for context-efficient MCP servers: filter at source, pre-aggregate data, work creatively. Real reductions: 746k→262 tokens.