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The Real Difference Between MCP, Function Calling, and Agent Loops
They're not competitors — they're three layers of one system. Function calling is what the model emits, MCP is how tools reach it, and the agent loop is what keeps it running. Confuse them and you'll spend an afternoon debugging the wrong layer.
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