MCP is Not the Problem, It's your Server: Best Practices for Building MCP Servers

kept by eddie jan 22

MCP servers fail because they are built like REST APIs instead of as user interfaces for AI agents, requiring outcome-oriented design.

GitHub - emilkowalski/skills: Skills for Design Engineers.
A curated set of coding skills for design engineers that encode animation and UI best practices, helping AI agents produce better interfaces through domain expertise.
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Perplexity rolling out SKILLs.MD support for Computer
Perplexity is adding Skills markdown-based reusable workflow instructions to its Computer platform and testing a Final Pass document review feature.
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You Need to Rewrite Your CLI for AI Agents
CLIs must be redesigned for AI agents as primary users, prioritizing raw JSON payloads, schema introspection, input hardening, and safety rails over traditional human discoverability.
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Agent Skills | Hacker News
Agent skills (structured prompt instructions) are emerging as a key pattern for making LLMs reliable, but still lack standardization and face real-world system integration hurdles.
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