IBM’s video pits two integration patterns—generic REST APIs and the purpose‑built Model Context Protocol (MCP)—against the real‑world demands of AI agents
3 Design Questions the LlamaIndex Article Answers:
🔍 1. When can you safely punt structured queries to federated MCP, and when do you still need a unified index?
⚡️ 2. What performance and UX trade-offs arise between federated calls vs. centralized RAG?
🧩 3. How do you architect a hybrid pipeline that leverages the strengths of both?
3 Selection Criteria the Medium Article Presents:
🔌 1. Where will the server run?
☕ 2. Which language runtime lines up with your team and compliance rules?
🛡️ 3. How will you handle state, security, and future protocol changes?
3 Questions the Medium Article Answers:
🔑 1. Which OAuth 2.0 roles and grant flows actually matter for an MCP stack?
🔒 2. How do tokens flow through an identity-aware MCP call path?
🛠️ 3. What implementation hurdles show up in real life?
5 Questions the Medium Article Answers:
❓ 1. What pain-point is MCP trying to solve?
⚙️ 2. How does MCP actually work?
📣 3. Why keep hearing “MCP is the LSP of AI”?
🧰 4. What do I need to build a minimal MCP demo?
🔮 5. Where might MCP go next?