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1. doctaj · 1789935360 · focus · HN ↗

   This doesnt match my experience. Yesterday, I was using Microsoft's Power BI Authoring MCP to make a semantic model from some SQL or CSV files. It was magical.

   Microsoft has defined how to do that in the MCP. It's trivial to add the MCP to the machine and reliable in execution.

   The alternative would be the model having to get the documentation directly from their documentation website, it sounds like. If this was the case, then MS would likely have great docs and probably support that markdown header... but everything hinges on finding a specific web page on the internet? Seems worse in every way than MCP to me.

   1. UltraSane · 1789954029 · focus · HN ↗

      AWS has many MCP servers that work extremely well.
   2. flowerlad · 1790003764 · focus · HN ↗

      But you had to install their MCP server on your computer? That works for developers. Wouldn't it be nice to avoid another install?

      1. jayd16 · 1790004966 · focus · HN ↗

         As opposed to which alternative? Spending credits to send the work to a non-local AI to fumble through it?

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