# Why MCP remains useful despite context-window overhead

DevFeed: [Why MCP remains useful despite context-window overhead](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/mcps-are-more-alive-than-ever-27202.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://antonioleiva.com/mcps-are-more-alive-than-ever>)

Published: 2026-03-26T11:30:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Antonio Leiva](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/antonio-leiva.md>)

Topics: [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol-mcp.md>), [Model Context Protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/anthropic.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/anthropic.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [context-window](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/context-window.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [mcps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcps.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that MCP remains useful despite criticism that MCP servers are obsolete. It explains that MCP standardized interactions between AI clients and tool providers, while its main weakness was the context-window overhead created by extensive tool metadata.

## Source excerpt

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