
MCP vs Agent Skills: When to Use Each, and the Layer Above Both
MCP vs Agent Skills, explained for builders: what each is, when to use which, and why most production agents use both. Then the third option these comparisons miss — Agent-as-a-Service. Covers the build-time decision and the value/risk axis where a Skill sells a procedure, an MCP server sells a capability, and an AaaS endpoint sells a result.
Finn WrightJun 22, 2026













