Filtering MCP Tools with jq

Last week we were attaching an MCP server to everything; this week we’re throwing them all out and replacing them with CLI’s (Command Line Interfaces). I think this may have all started when Open Claw creator, Peter Steinberger, was on the Lex Friedman podcast and took a subtle dig at MCP by saying “Screw MCP’s. Every MCP would be better as a CLI” . He’s not wrong and he goes on to explain one of…