Stop Building Another REST API — Make It MCP-Ready From Day One
The article argues that while REST APIs are well-established, they lack the contextual clarity needed for AI agents to interact with them effectively, making it necessary to design systems with Model Context Protocol (MCP) from the start. MCP, an open standard from Anthropic, enables AI models to understand and use backend services more intelligently by exposing structured tools, resources, and prompts. Rather than replacing existing REST APIs, MCP acts as a contextual layer that makes backend functionality more accessible and interpretable to AI agents.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 492718) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Mano Nagarajan Posted on Apr 30 Stop Building Another REST API — Make It MCP-Ready From Day One #ai #api #mcp #webdev Okay, I'll say it. Every time someone kicks off a new backend project and opens a browser tab for "REST API best practices," a small part of me quietly weeps into my coffee. Not because REST is bad. REST is fine. REST has been very good to us. But we keep reaching for the same hammer without asking whether the thing we're hitting is still a nail. It is 2025.
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