📰 Dev.to · Jonathan Blessing

MVP development partner: ships a hypothesis test in 4–8 weeks for $15K–$75K; above $150K it's a product. Build vs buy vs partner, cost tiers, six

MCP terminology, untangled: MCP server vs MCP app vs connector vs plugin. The working vocabulary product teams need before shipping in 2026.

MCP strategy framework: three diagnostics, four postures (aggressive multi-client, narrow strategic, defensive read-only, no-ship), and what each one

MCP embedding levels: read-only, actions, agent-resident. Tool definitions, idempotency patterns, reversibility, and when to ship at each level.

MCP build vs buy: in-house vs partner cost, team composition, contract structure, hybrid models, and the decision rubric for 2026.

How to embed your app in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Copilot, and Gemini via MCP. Strategy, embedding depth, auth, build-vs-buy, and discovery for 2026.

How to evaluate an MCP development partner: production references, embedding-level experience, technical artifacts, scorecard, brief template, and

MCP server cost in 2026: $100K–$300K read-only, $300K–$700K with actions, $1M+ agent-resident, plus $5K–$25K/month to maintain. Why using one is

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