Engineering Tools as Capabilities
An MCP server exposes capabilities.
Examples:
Filesystem MCP
Create File
Read File
Update File
Delete File
GitHub MCP
Create Pull Request
Create Issue
Read Repository
Commit Changes
Documentation MCP
Search Knowledge Base
Read Documentation
Retrieve Standards
Atomic Bomb MCP
Create Atom
Create Molecule
Create Organism
Create Domain
Create Service
Create State
Create Model
Each capability becomes available to the AI.
Mini Exercise
List three capabilities an AI would need to build a front-end feature predictably.
Example
- generate approved structure
- validate output against standards
- run tests for the generated feature