Microsoft Agent Framework vs LangChain vs LlamaIndex in 2026
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Tag: mcp
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MCP vs OpenAPI Plugins vs Custom Tool Calling for AI Agents: Which Should You Pick in 2026?
Use custom tool calling for one app you own end to end, MCP for any integration you want reused across Claude Code, Cursor, and ChatGPT, and OpenAPI plugins only as a bridge when you already have a spec. MCP is the cross-client standard in 2026; plugins are legacy.
Fix: MCP Servers Stopped Working After a Claude Desktop Update on Windows
After an MSIX update, Claude Desktop on Windows reads claude_desktop_config.json from a virtualized path while Edit Config opens the old %APPDATA% one. Edit the file under AppData\Local\Packages\Claude_pzs8sxrjxfjjc and restart.
Fix: GitHub MCP server tool calls fail silently when the PAT isn't passed
GitHub MCP tools show up but every call returns empty or 'Bad credentials'? The token is unset. Put the PAT in the env block, verify with curl, done.
The Dart and Flutter MCP server: one command to give Claude Code your running Flutter app
Dart 3.12 ships dart mcp-server, the official MCP bridge into the Dart and Flutter toolchain. Register it once in Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex CLI and your agent gets hot reload, pub.dev search, and live widget introspection without copy-pasting a DTD URI.
Fix: HTTP MCP Server URL Won't Connect in Claude Desktop (stdio vs HTTP Transport)
Claude Desktop's claude_desktop_config.json only validates stdio servers. Drop a 'url' field in and it silently strips the entry, crashes on startup, or boots with zero tools. Use a custom connector for remote URLs and mcp-remote as a stdio bridge for local HTTP servers.
How to Reduce the Number of MCP Tools Claude Loads to Avoid the Tool-Use Limit
Five MCP servers can burn 55k tokens and wreck tool-selection accuracy before Claude does any work. How to fix it in Claude Code 2.1.x with ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH and alwaysLoad, on the raw API with the tool search tool and defer_loading, and on the MCP connector with mcp_toolset. Anchored to claude-opus-4-7, claude-sonnet-4-6, and the 20251119 tool search variants.
Fix: Extra Inputs Are Not Permitted on a Tool Call With a Structured Argument
Your agent's tool call fails with Pydantic's 'Extra inputs are not permitted'. The model added a field your structured argument forbids. Turn on strict tool use so the grammar blocks it, relax the validator, or recover in the loop.
Fix: `ECONNREFUSED` When a Local MCP Server Starts Before the Client Is Ready
ECONNREFUSED from an MCP client means nothing was listening on that host:port yet. Fix the startup race, the localhost IPv4/IPv6 trap, and wrong-port mistakes for HTTP MCP servers.
Fix: Claude Code Reports `MCP server disconnected` Inside WSL
Why Claude Code shows 'MCP server disconnected' or 'Connection closed' for a working MCP server when launched from WSL2. Covers stdio spawning across the Windows/Linux boundary, npx and node ENOENT, mirrored networking for HTTP servers, VMMem reaping, and how to diagnose the right one with claude --debug.