MCP vs API calls - #816
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Materials attached to the "MCP vs API Calls: Which Should You Use for Python LLM Apps?" tutorial
Add README for MCP vs API Calls tutorial with setup instructions and example usage.
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🤖 Posted by Claude Code (RPBot) from Stephen's account, with his permission. This review was written by Claude Code, not by Stephen personally, and is posted from his account after a discussion with him. The decision to approve and merge is his; the wording is Claude's.
Approving so this can go in alongside the tutorial. Verified against the current head:
ruff format --checkandruff checkboth pass onmcp-vs-api-calls/.github/workflows/dircheck.pypasses- All four files (
tool.py,server.py,client_api.py,client.py) match the tutorial's code blocks exactly, allowing for the one-blank-line house style in articles versus full PEP 8 spacing here
The tutorial now links to this folder, so merging unblocks that link.
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Sample code for the "MCP vs API Calls: Which Should You Use for Python LLM
Apps?" tutorial (tutorial-drafts #1184).
Four files in mcp-vs-api-calls/:
All lint-clean (black + flake8 at 79) and verified end to end against a live
MCP 2.1.1 server and real PyPI.