arxiv.org/abs/2610.30157 MCP vs CLI for AI Agents: A Comparative Analysis of Tool Integration Strategies for Autonomous Systems
A comparative analysis of CLI versus MCP for connecting AI agents to external systems, spanning 14 evaluation dimensions plus security and economic assessments. It finds CLI more efficient for single-user local workflows, MCP better for access control and governance, and recommends a hybrid architecture for production.
— via arXiv Distributed Computing, Arun Malik, Nitish Talasu, Bradley Klemick, Vineet Tushar Trivedi, Prachi Shah, Sanay Devi, Junjie Zhang, Kunal Sonawane
