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The Sequence Opinion #848: The Agent’s Hands: CLI or MCP?

In agentic software, the most important question is not which model to use, but what the model can touch. Two primary interfaces have emerged: the command-line interface (CLI) and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), each representing different philosophies—CLI leveraging existing Unix processes, and MCP offering structured, discoverable tools.

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The Sequence Opinion #848: The Agent’s Hands: CLI or MCP?
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  • The core primitive of agentic systems is the model-to-world interface.
  • CLI follows Unix philosophy: text in/out, exit codes, composability.
  • MCP provides structured, typed, discoverable tool protocols for agents.

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