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title: mcp-first
slug: mcp-first
description: on a way MCP will change product development
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nowadays it's possible to build new products in [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction)-first way.
we had web first, native first, local first, mobile first approaches in the previous decades.

now we have a new way:

build a backend for your product and expose its functionality as MCP server.

now any MCP client (like Claude and others) can use your new product. so UI is already there,
Claude becomes your UI and you can focus on the logic.

if I start working on a new CMS platform or newsletter writer or reader or any tool really I would make it MCP-first with no additional UI.

if my understanding [here](https://altonote.com/anton/what-is-coming) is correct MCP-first will become the main way to build tools.