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pi.dev creator drops long-standing refusal to support MCP
Original: The pi.dev homepage used to display a proud declaration: Pi does not support MCP. Not an omission, not a TODO. A stateme
Mario Zechner, creator of the pi.dev coding assistant, spent over a year publicly refusing to support Anthropic's Model Context Protocol, calling the stance a matter of philosophy rather than an unfinished feature. The pi.dev homepage once declared outright that Pi does not support MCP. That position has now changed, with MCP support added despite the earlier dismissals.
Why now: The reversal of a prominent, explicit refusal is notable in the AI tooling community, where MCP adoption has become a de facto standard.
pi.devMario ZechnerMCPAnthropic
Evidence
- The pi.dev homepage used to display a proud declaration: Pi does not support MCP. Not an omission, not a TODO. A statement of philosophy. The creator, Mario Zechner, had dismissed the Model Context Protocol in blog posts and podcasts for over a year. His argument was concrete,… · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 3
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