Is Markdown All You Need? | FastMCP 3.0 Update

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We're talking about the big question everyone's asking: can you just write markdown files and call it a day, or do you actually need tools and permissions? FastMCP 3.0 drops mid-month. MCP Apps coming in 3.1. We're deleting a ton of workaround code and making it simpler to use. 00:04 - Claude bots and what they can actually do 00:46 - The markdown debate: is it really all you need? 01:06 - Security vs convenience and where that boundary lives 02:43 - Real talk about permissions and infrastructure access 03:28 - Skills vs MCP: which one wins? 06:03 - Two schools of thought on how to build agents 07:57 - When all your context lives upfront vs fetching remotely 15:46 - FastMCP 3.0 release timing (finally) 16:14 - MCP SDK version 2 and what's changing 17:22 - MCP Apps: what they are and why we're building them 18:54 - The design goal: one line of code for UI 19:56 - Who this is actually for (hint: not Hotels.com)

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