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What if you don't need MCP at all?

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Got Bash and some code interpreter? Skip MCP.

What if you don't need MCP at all? 2025-11-02 One chonky MCP server Table of contents My Browser DevTools Use Cases Problems with Common Browser DevTools for Your Agent Embracing Bash (and Code) The Start Tool The Navigate Tool The Evaluate JavaScript Tool The Screenshot Tool The Benefits Adding the Pick Tool Adding the Cookies Tool A Contrived Example Making This Reusable Across Agents In Conclusion After months of agentic coding frenzy, Twitter is still ablaze with discussions about MCP servers. I previously did some very light benchmarking to see if Bash tools or MCP servers are better suit

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