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MCP Resources vs Tools vs Prompts: Choose the Right Primitive
Resources provide application-controlled context, tools expose model-invoked operations, and prompts package user-invoked workflows. Use the least powerful primitive that fits.
2026-08-12 · ~8 min
Best MCP Servers for Claude Code: A Data-Backed Shortlist
Choose a small Claude Code server set by job, with transparent maintenance, adoption, permission, and compatibility evidence—not a universal must-have list.
2026-08-12 · ~9 min
Best MCP Servers for Cursor: A Transparent, Dated Shortlist
Pick Cursor MCP servers by workflow and evidence, with a clear split between transport-derived compatibility and actual client verification.
2026-08-12 · ~9 min
MCP vs Function Calling: Different Layers, Often Used Together
Function calling is a model/API mechanism for structured calls; MCP standardizes how a host discovers and invokes external capabilities. An MCP host may expose MCP tools through function calling.
2026-08-12 · ~7 min
Best MCP servers for business, sales and marketing
A ranked shortlist of MCP servers for CRM, ads, analytics, payments and email — scored on public maintenance and adoption signals, not on who paid us. The table is regenerated from live data, so it does not go stale.
2026-07-30 · ~4 min
Fix Cursor MCP `spawn npx ENOENT` on macOS, Linux, and Windows
ENOENT happens before the MCP package starts. Make Cursor find the executable first, then test package resolution, protocol discovery, and tools separately.
2026-07-30 · ~8 min
claude mcp list: checking which MCP servers are actually connected
The claude mcp list command shows which servers Claude Code has registered and whether each one is connecting. A reference for the command, how to read its output, and what to do when a server shows as failed.
2026-07-30 · ~3 min
How to get a YouTube transcript into Claude
Three ways to give Claude the text of a YouTube video — copy-paste, an MCP server that fetches transcripts on demand, or a download tool — with the trade-offs and limits of each.
2026-07-30 · ~3 min
mcp-remote: connecting stdio-only clients to remote MCP servers
mcp-remote is a proxy that lets MCP clients which only speak stdio connect to remote HTTP servers, handling OAuth along the way. What it does, when you need it, and when you do not.
2026-07-30 · ~4 min
Can Claude generate images? What MCP does and doesn't change
Claude cannot draw images itself — it is a text and vision model. But with an image-generation MCP server connected, it can call an external model to produce them. Here is the honest distinction and how to set it up.
2026-07-30 · ~3 min
RAG vs MCP: Retrieval Architecture, Interoperability Protocol, or Both?
RAG retrieves indexed knowledge for generation; MCP standardizes how an AI host discovers and invokes external context and actions. Most real systems can use both.
2026-07-30 · ~8 min
A2A vs MCP: Agent-to-Agent Coordination vs Tool and Context Access
MCP standardizes an AI host's access to external capabilities; A2A standardizes communication and task coordination between independent agents. A system may use both.
2026-07-30 · ~8 min
MCP vs CLI: Choose the Interface Per Integration
Prefer an existing, well-known CLI for local developer loops; prefer MCP for standardized discovery, typed schemas, per-user auth, and cross-client reuse. Mix them per tool.
2026-07-30 · ~7 min
MCP Error -32001: Diagnose Request Timed Out by Stage
Locate the stage that exceeded its timeout—launch, discovery, authentication, upstream call, or handler—before increasing any timeout.
2026-07-30 · ~8 min
Hosting an MCP server: local, self-hosted, or managed
MCP servers can run on your own machine, on infrastructure you host, or as a managed remote service. The three models differ in effort, security surface and who can reach them — here's how to choose.
2026-07-30 · ~4 min
Awesome MCP servers: a maintained list, ranked by real signals
A curated list of MCP servers that are actually maintained and actually used — generated from daily-collected GitHub, npm and registry data rather than hand-edited, so entries drop off when projects die.
2026-07-30 · ~3 min
Claude Code MCP Configuration: Scopes, Commands, and Verification
Add local or remote MCP servers to Claude Code at the right scope, keep secrets out of shared config, and verify the connection with current commands.
2026-07-23 · ~9 min
MCP Proxy vs Gateway: Which Infrastructure Layer Do You Need?
Use an MCP proxy to bridge or mediate a connection; use an MCP gateway to centralize routing, identity, policy, and observability across many servers.
2026-07-23 · ~7 min
Choosing an MCP server for your company: a due-diligence checklist
Installing successfully is only the start. This checklist turns public maintenance, licensing and security signals into a repeatable review before you connect a server.
2026-07-14 · ~2 min
MCP Security Best Practices: Source, Identity, Permissions, and Runtime
Treat every MCP server as a separate trust domain: verify source and identity, minimize privilege, isolate execution, and monitor tool and schema changes.
2026-07-07 · ~10 min
Self-host vs remote server: cost, latency and trust model
The difference between a locally-run server and a cloud-hosted one is more than latency. The trade-off between three trust models decides where you draw your data boundary.
2026-06-30 · ~2 min
Before you move an MCP server into production
Timeouts, retries, concurrency, logging — the distance from demo to production lives in these details nobody writes down.
2026-06-22 · ~1 min