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Avoiding MCPs leads to more flexible AI systems
  • Built OpenClaw without traditional MCP support
  • Uses CLI tools converted from MCPs when needed
  • More stable than custom MCP implementations
  • Doesn't require restarts to add functionality
  • Leverages existing Unix tools rather than inventing bot-specific protocols
Peter SteinbergerY Combinator00:20:38

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00:20:38
“I'm also very happy that I didn't even build an MCP support. So, Open Claw is very successful and there's no MCP support in there.” — Peter Steinberger
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00:21:46
“you're just giving it the same tools that humans liked to use. And not invented stuff for for bots, per se.” — Peter Steinberger

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Contrarian Development Practices

Steinberger shares unconventional approaches to building OpenClaw, from avoiding MCPs to using multiple repo copies instead of git worktrees.

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