Pattern
CLI + skills instead of an MCP server
Give a coding agent a concise command-line tool plus a skill that teaches it the commands, instead of an MCP server, when the agent already has a shell and context is the scarce resource.
Classification Choosing the packaging for a tool surface. ACI design for coding agents.
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