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OSS2026-07-22 · source-backed
open-and-async/mcp exposes written handoffs, decision records, and status updates as callable MCP tools rather than prompt conventions. Unusual category: most servers wrap data sources or APIs, this one encodes a working methodology. It's a testable design claim about where process belongs in an agent stack, and I lean toward agreeing. Conventions in a prompt get dropped silently. A tool call either happened or it didn't.
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