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NoTool not named · 18 Aug 2025

it keeps ignoring the other tools

throwmeaway222 on Hacker News

In the thread “MCP doesn't need tools, it needs code”, replying to this comment

Helped: Native bash tools like grep and curl.

Got in the way: MCP tools requiring specific parameters.

… The LLM will likely use bash and curl because it NATIVELY knows what it is and is capable of, while this other tool you have to feed it all these parameters that it is not used to. I'm not saying go ahead and throw that in chatgpt, I'm talking from experience at our company using MCP vs bashable stuff, it keeps ignoring the other tools.