Main Ideas

  • MCP server is a wrapper, example when you want LLM tools to be able to use a specific service like Supabase, you need a wrapper on Supabase’s API to do that.
  • Model enhancement server is external tool designed to extend the abilities of a LLM, not just an API wrapper.
  • Three fundamental capabilities of an enhancement server
    • retrieval
    • tool
    • memory

Key Quotes

when we offload some of our thoughts into a document, we can process them more easily, because we are focused on the thought we have written down versus the hundred thoughts we did not write down

Personal Reflections

  • I think the author is right when separated MCP servers into the wrapper and the enhancement
  • This connects to vibe-coding, mcp and personal development