Agents, Tools, MCPs and All That: Part 1

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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It’s been a while since I posted. With my family commitments, writing is harder, but it’s never been easier to work with LLMs and AI! The biggest developments in the past year or two have been agents and agentic AI applications. To be honest, I’ve always been a bit skeptical about agents and AI. In science we are taught to be skeptical, as Feynman said, “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” However, over the last two years I’ve become an AI engineer and fully embraced AI.

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Agents, Tools, MCPs and All That: Part 1

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1. Introduction Link to heading