API-first was for developers. MCP-first is for agents.
API-first was a real step forward, but it answers a different question. Here is what MCP-first adds on top, and why it matters for agent-ready software.
Keine Treffer.
· MCP-first · 1 min read
API-first was a real step forward, but it answers a different question. Here is what MCP-first adds on top, and why it matters for agent-ready software.
· MCP-first · 5 min read
Three durable shifts reshaping how software gets built, agents moving into production, tool/context protocols standardizing, and small models getting good and cheap.
· MCP-first · 7 min read
Patterns that keep multi-step, long-running agents reliable, task decomposition, sub-agent delegation, checkpoints and recovery, self-verification, budgets, and human gates.
· MCP-first · 4 min read
Techniques that make models reliable on long, multi-step tasks, decomposition, explicit effort budgets, scratchpads, and self-verification passes.
· MCP-first · 5 min read
The model is only half the system. The other half is the loop around it, observe, plan, act, verify, retry, stop, and the guardrails that keep it honest.
· MCP-first · 5 min read
How to run a framework upgrade or codebase-wide refactor with agents, discovery, per-file transforms, verification, isolation, and review gates that keep it safe.
· MCP-first · 5 min read
Agents that drive a real browser can do almost anything a user can, which is exactly why they need capabilities, confirmation, and audit, not a free hand.
· MCP-first · 6 min read
Orchestrator/worker patterns, specialization, and shared context, plus the failure modes (cost blowups, loops, compounding errors) and how to contain them.
· MCP-first · 5 min read
How models go from text to action through typed tool definitions, and why the quality of your tool schemas decides how reliable your agent is.