Scanning through the comments here I am almost certain the majority of people in this thread run coding agents on-device. Skills that access already available resources is then more convenient and you can easily make the argument that it is more agronomic.
That being said, majority of users on this planet don't use AI agents like that. They go to ChatGPT or equivalent. MCP in this case is the obvious choice because it provides remote access and it has better authentication story.
In order to make any argument about pro/con of MCP vs Skills you first need to find out who is the user.
That being said, majority of users on this planet don't use AI agents like that. They go to ChatGPT or equivalent. MCP in this case is the obvious choice because it provides remote access and it has better authentication story.
In order to make any argument about pro/con of MCP vs Skills you first need to find out who is the user.