I saw how MCP enables what products like Zapier, n8n, or IFTTT try to do: user-friendly ad-hoc integrations
diegof79 on Hacker News
In the thread “Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production?”, replying to this comment
Helped: MCP with OAuth made installation straightforward for non-tech users.
Got in the way: Implementing MCP auth in a server is not streamlined.
… I'm surprised how non-tech people in the company use it for ad-hoc integrations, like pulling emails, getting deals from HubSpot, enriching that with the internal MCP, then drafting responses. Of course, this has scaling issues, and at some point it is better to move these everyday automations to a proper system, but I saw how MCP enables what products like Zapier, n8n, or IFTTT try to do: user-friendly ad-hoc integrations. My only complaint: implementing MCP auth in an MCP server still isn't very streamlined. …