# MCP and tool-use standards: are you adopting them, and how?

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**Created:** [October 16, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://siai.forum/t/mcp-and-tool-use-standards-are-you-adopting-them-and-how/37 "2026-10-16T19:05:30Z")\
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Standard protocols for connecting models to tools and data, such as the Model Context Protocol, are spreading across clients and frameworks.

- Are you building or using MCP servers? For what?
- How are you handling auth, permissions and prompt-injection risk from tool outputs?
- Is a shared protocol worth the abstraction cost versus plain function calling?