--help on your CLI is all you need for LLM context until you don't.
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SummaryGeoffrey Huntley argues that using CLI --help output as context for LLMs suffices until it does not, and lays out his perspective on the trade-offs versus adopting the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for agent workflows.
Why it mattersFirst-person framing of when simple --help text stops scaling as LLM context, contrasted against MCP overhead. Useful lens for anyone picking between bespoke CLI scraping and a protocol.
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