MCP bad?

A while ago, I made an off-hand remark that got some followup questions. I said&#xA;that in AI applications, Model Context Protocol (MCP) is no longer a favored&#xA;extension model for tools. The question was essentially &ndash; Really? What to use&#xA;instead? &#xA; What is the problem with MCP? &#xA; MCP is a chatty protocol. Connecting to any MCP endpoint will hand the AI model&#xA;a full…