Pi left MCP out of its coding agent as the protocol gained adoption

First reported by The New Stack at · Updated · 2 sources

Pi spent much of the past year excluding MCP from its coding agent, according to The New Stack, which reports that one server consumed 18,000 tokens before doing anything. The Hacker News says thousands of developers built MCP servers and enterprises incorporated them into agent workflows after the protocol's 2024 launch.

  • The Hacker News examined 15,465 public MCP servers.

Covered by 2 publishers within 13 hours of the first report.

Reporting2

The New Stack One MCP server used 18,000 tokens before doing anything. Here’s the workaround. · Amanda Caswell
The Hacker News Welcome to the Jungle: What We Found Inside 15,465 Public MCP Servers · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)