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APIs aren’t dead. Here’s where MCP fits alongside them.

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Explains MCP's role alongside APIs, relevant to AI integration patterns.

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APIs aren’t dead. Here’s where MCP fits alongside them.
Summary

Model Context Protocol (MCP) provides a standardized interface for AI agents to access context across fragmented tools, addressing tool sprawl in incident management, while APIs remain critical for deterministic, high-volume actions like mitigation with explicit security controls (e.g., SOC2 audit logs). MCP enables natural language triage and investigation across distributed systems, but introduces risk if used for deterministic workflows without human oversight.

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Hannah Culver

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