Stumbling into AI: Part 6—I’ve been thinking about Agents and MCP all wrong
Ever tried to hammer a nail in with a potato? Nor me, but that’s what I’ve felt like I’ve been attempting to do when trying to really understand agents, as well as to come up with an example agent to build.
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Host A Welcome back to Exploring Next! Today we're looking at Stumbling into AI Part 6.
Host B Yeah, this one caught our eye because Nor me, but that’s what I’ve felt like I’ve been attempting to do when trying to really understand agents, as well as to come up with an example agent to build.
Host A So the big idea is As I wrote about previously , citing Simon Willison, an LLM agent runs tools in a loop to achieve a goal .
Host B What stood out to me is Unlike building ETL/ELT pipelines, these were some new concepts that I was struggling to fit to an even semi-plausible real world example.
Host A If you're curious, give the original a read: https://rmoff.net/2025/11/20/ive-been-thinking-about-agents-and-mcp-all-wrong/.
Host B And let us know what you try next!