Introducing MCP-first
Why the next generation of software should be built as a secure, fully controllable capability layer first, and why screens are no longer the product.
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.
On-device or cloud? Choosing where your models run
A decision framework for splitting AI workloads between local and cloud models, privacy, latency, cost, and capability, plus how sensitivity should route the data.
Design patterns for long-horizon agents
Patterns that keep multi-step, long-running agents reliable, task decomposition, sub-agent delegation, checkpoints and recovery, self-verification, budgets, and human gates.
Multi-agent systems: when one agent isn't enough
Orchestrator/worker patterns, specialization, and shared context, plus the failure modes (cost blowups, loops, compounding errors) and how to contain them.