Forget MCP, Write CLI Apps
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CLIs like GitHub CLI and GNU utils (sed, awk, grep) outperform MCP for LLM-external system interaction, offering structured, token-efficient interfaces. The UNIX philosophy of composable text-stream tools proves surprisingly future-proof in the AI era.
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