Knowledge Without Tools: Why MCPs Aren't Just for Execution

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · Apr 13, 2026 · 26m

Most MCP coverage focuses on tools and execution, but the protocol's three primitives include Resources and Prompts—and a fully compliant MCP server can expose zero tools. This episode explores why you'd build a knowledge-only MCP instead of a REST API or RAG system, how to ground agents in authoritative sources like open government data, and what makes the MCP Resources primitive genuinely different from existing approaches. We dig into the EU and US data portals, SPARQL endpoints, and the practical security and discoverability advantages of curated, read-only knowledge servers. Episode 2203…