It's complicated :)

Wrote a blog post on my experience and reasoning for a MCP server to drive my gpui app.

It's deliberate, because you generally do not want calories from fat or protein during a marathon or other running race.

Try building a CLI with a complex JSON as flags approach. :)

I just did the opposite and am seeing better results.

Claude was struggling to use the ‘gh’ command to reliably read and respond to code review line level comments because it had to use the api. I had it write a few simple command line tools and a skill for invoking it, instantly better results.

YMMV

You don't need to install all of them.

You don't need to use gcloud if you already have:

1. A GCP project (needed for OAuth) 2. Enabled APIs in said project

You can skip that setup if you already have the OAuth credentials.

There are many gotchas in this process and unfortunately there is no easy way to deal with the OAuth setup.

Yeah, still no way around this unfortunately.

Title is a little clickbait, but not really! :)

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Human DX optimizes for discoverability and forgiveness. Agent DX optimizes for predictability and defense-in-depth. These are different enough that retrofitting a human-first CLI for agents is a losing bet.