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		dartos 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I built a MCP server so Claude can play M... MCP is analogous to REST. It doesn’t define what behavior should be where in a given app, just how to communicate what that behavior is and how to invoke it.

breckenedge 7 months ago [–]

RPC, not REST

paulddraper 7 months ago | [–]

Like neither one.

RPC and REST are architectural patterns/philosophies, not protocols.

SOAP and HTTP are protocols, like MCP.

dartos 7 months ago | | [–]

If we’re being technically correct, yes, but I was just trying to give an analogy to someone who I figured was pretty new to web tech.

paulddraper 7 months ago | | [–]

We have time, but there is a lot to do.

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