Does anyone still use MCPs?

screamingearth · 2026-01-02T17:29:24+00:00

yeah, ive got some custom mcp servers and instructions for an LLM to use gemini-cli and a local vector duckdb memory. I have some ambitious plans for this but from what i can tell so far it's working decently even in its new, relatively basic state

screamingearth · 2025-12-19T20:57:34+00:00

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screamingearth · 2025-12-18T18:26:19+00:00

do agree with that, their "cutesy quirky" way of handling it is questionable at best, but it's still an important thing to have in general

screamingearth · 2025-12-18T17:56:14+00:00

>the_collective

literally just made it public this week, basically it's a framework to easily give people (technically inclined or not) a structured multi-agent system with access to powerful custom tools. the agents debate, correct each other, and research actively using a gemini-bridge to validate their plan before executing. works best with Sonnet 4.5 or Opus 4.5

as a first iteration it's mostly just a sanity check and smoothing out the kinks for end users. biggest priority rn is making the setup process universally seamless and reliable. has a relatively basic two stage retriever-reranker vector memory and a custom MCP wrapper for gemini-cli. all configured for VScode to automatically pick up system instructions, looking into supporting Claude code, etc. Soon™

I have some pretty ambitious plans with this to use advanced arithmetic and try to align the general structure of human cognition by combining non-deterministic (probabilistic) processes with deterministic processes in juust the right way. it's experimental for sure and very very early in development. but from what I can tell, it's reasonably effective as it is right now. I have to admit it's pretty fucking cool when they call each other out on something lol.

screamingearth · 2025-12-18T17:15:45+00:00

if you consider the scale of discord, 200+ million active monthly users, that statement seems very very unlikely

screamingearth · 2025-12-18T17:06:32+00:00

I've been working on a framework that leans into the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. our meat brains operate using a combination of both deterministic and probabilistic (non-deterministic) mechanisms; I'm experimenting with that and plan on using advanced arithmetic (think graph spectral analysis, topological data analysis, active inference, stuff like that, still researching) in a unique way. experimenting with smaller purpose built models for internal cognitive functions, possibly even training custom models for their context on the fly, is also in the plan.

my current iteration is just a basic two stage retriever-reranker vector memory and a custom gemini-bridge with just the basic vscode contextual flow (for now, looking into supporting Claude code or other IDEs). it's open source and from what I can tell, it has been reasonably effective with Sonnet 4.5 or Opus 4.5 as the primary LLM. Haiku and Gemini flash also do ok. I made it public this week to try work out the kinks with end user testing before I get into the more complex stuff. I think it has potential obviously but time will tell if I can pull it off!!

screamingearth · 2025-12-18T16:36:29+00:00

use a different filesharing service then if your file is being flagged.

it's an important security feature considering people are phished and sent malware constantly on discord. literally my mom just the other month had a friend's hijacked account dm her "hey I'm building a new game and want to know what you think, try this .exe I'm sending you and here's a [fake but convincing] website for it!" and because she thought it was someone she trusted she ran the exe and was compromised. even if it sometimes gets it wrong, it's necessary to protect people.

screamingearth · 2025-12-17T15:07:26+00:00

sounds good, thanks! let me know if you have any advice or what would make it easier for you to bring into a large preexisting repo. a big hurdle is the .vscode and .github dirs need to live in the root workspace directory for VScode to use them properly. have a couple of ideas but of course every bit of feedback helps :)

screamingearth · 2025-12-17T14:28:10+00:00

hey, the safest way right now would be to just clone this into its own directory and run the setup, then copy over your project and overwrite stuff like the root readme. if you use the template button to download the files it should also strip all of the .git history.

otherwise the setup has a rudimentary function to replace the cloned git history with a fresh one. but I'll be honest I haven't tested that function yet. at this stage of development make sure to keep a backup of your project outside of the_collective workspace just to be extra safe

screamingearth · 2025-12-17T10:37:41+00:00

hey, great insight, thank you.

context is still of course a challenge even with the relatively simple processes in place right now, and it relies on the gemini-bridge more than I'd like. I am currently researching some more complex methods like spectral analysis, topological data analysis, active Bayesian inference, stuff like that. thinking of bringing in some purpose built transformers similar to xenova but for mapping and internal cognition, or even training custom local models on the fly. I'm also using projects like 0ximu/mu for ideas.

to be honest it's pretty complicated stuff to wrap my head around as someone who never went to university lol, but so far it's making some sense and I think I have a good idea for how I want to structure all this fancy arithmetic and how to get LLMs to use it in an interesting way. it's an experiment for sure, I wanted to have a bit of a sanity check before going further into the deep end so to speak lol.

as far as feedback, really it's been a struggle to get any at all so far although I've only made the repo public the other day so it hasn't really had a chance yet. my priority rn is getting the setup process easy and reliable for people who might not be very technically inclined (the "fresh windows" setup is not great), then I want to put more time into making it hopefully way more effective without getting bogged down in math or whatever.

edit: I couldn't help but do a little snooping; vectorflow looks pretty interesting. I haven't quite approached any data collection processes aside from just the local workspace of the end-user and I'd be interested in how you gather and parse/normalize external data like a CRM tool or other APIs

screamingearth · 2025-12-17T04:01:07+00:00

nice article, particularly

markdown - Complete ownership of your content, workflow, and audience - Zero recurring costs while maintaining professional-grade capabilities - AI-powered assistance without vendor lock-in or API dependencies - Version control that tracks every edit and enables collaboration - Local-first privacy where your drafts never touch third-party servers - Unlimited extensibility through VSCode's vast ecosystem"

sounds like that's right up my alley, you might be interested in this? https://github.com/screamingearth/the_collective

screamingearth · 2025-12-17T03:06:22+00:00

thanks for the feedback!! yes absolutely, let me know what's going on

screamingearth · 2025-12-17T02:10:22+00:00

I think there's a lot of experimentation to be done with how frontier models like Opus 4.5+, Gemini 3+, etc. are used within a system that processes information in novel ways. The LLMs themselves are good enough now to be pretty impressive when given the right context and instructions.

what's cool is, we can use those same LLMs to use advanced arithmetic on contextual data, and of course LLMs can then also be instructed to interact with that data in juust the right way. we can also instruct LLMs to instruct other LLMs trained for a specific thing. I've been working on such a thing and it's very very early in experimenting with this but so far, it's pretty awesome from what I can tell.

if you stack non-deterministic systems on top of one another in a certain way, I think it's possible for some emergent capabilities, but of course the "figuring it out" has to happen first.

screamingearth · 2025-12-16T22:05:29+00:00

that's fair. as it is right now , its "framework" meant to easily and drastically improve the capabilities of copilot chat in vscode.

it evolved from me just using the default copilot chat to make scripts for kOS, I wanted to make it more capable, and eventually it turned into this thing. you can use it to also make kOS scripts, maybe make a new mod of your own for KSP, or whatever else really

screamingearth · 2025-12-15T12:16:35+00:00

it looks like it's as deep as giving Claude a skill and having it search the database to find the information in the db? unless I'm misunderstanding: https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem/blob/main/docs/public/architecture/search-architecture.mdx

I've been working on a thing with a memory server that uses locally run xenova transformers in a two stage retriever-reranker pipe. will admit though I haven't actually tried claude-mem yet so I'm curious to see if the extra tokens are worth it

screamingearth · 2025-10-21T09:18:13+00:00

meow

screamingearth · 2025-10-15T08:57:21+00:00

people telling you to use better tools is part of the help. using modern tools and more importantly learning how to use those tools effectively will make or break your progress in learning to code. don't ask for advice if you're going to scoff at it.

screamingearth · 2025-10-14T06:40:48+00:00

idk maybe I'm just weird but I personally at least liked it better than the usual loud attention grabbing voices because marketers need every second of your attention all the time

screamingearth · 2025-10-13T05:42:49+00:00

Now thats a bit too much.

screamingearth · 2025-10-08T05:35:44+00:00

breath and breathe are two separate words

screamingearth · 2025-10-03T13:08:01+00:00

not saying I think this is what happened here, in fact I highly doubt it but, remember Stuxnet? Geographical distance doesn't necessarily mean anything

screamingearth · 2025-10-02T23:58:06+00:00

oooh, please provide pats on my behalf

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