Beyond Tools

Looking beyond integrations to explore what’s next: Model Context Protocol (MCP), practical agent patterns, and the near future of AI-assisted development.

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Outline

  • (10m) querychat
    • Activity: Add querychat into an existing shiny app
  • (10m) MCP
    • Overview of MCP and how it works
    • Activity: Connect an MCP server to ellmer/chatlas (options from https://github.com/punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers below)
      • ArXiV: https://github.com/andybrandt/mcp-simple-arxiv
      • webpage screenshot: https://github.com/ananddtyagi/webpage-screenshot-mcp
      • stocky: https://github.com/joelio/stocky
      • fetcher: https://github.com/jae-jae/fetcher-mcp
      • git-ingest: https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-git-ingest
      • github: https://arc.net/l/quote/bvfqahnx
      • context7: https://github.com/upstash/context7
  • (30m) Agents
    • Hadley/Willison definition: Agents are LLMs with a read tool and a write tool
    • The “you know it when you see it” definition: autonomous LLMs, long context, minimal intervention
    • Demobot demo
  • (30m) The Future of AI
    • Where do we go from here? Let’s talk fears and hopes.
  • (5m) Wrap-up
    • Feedback survey

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