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The new stateless MCP specification has rekindled my interest in MCP, and inspired some new projects, including mcp-explorer and datasette-mcp simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/31/...

simonwillison.netStateless MCP has recaptured my interest (and inspired mcp-explorer and datasette-mcp)Tuesday was Stateless MCP day—the rollout of MCP 2.0, or the 2026-07-28 Model Context Protocol specification to use the more formal but less memorable name. This is the most significant …

Dan Peterson

@danp.net

Having a lot of fun with datasette-mcp, thanks! Trying it with this plugin to add a get_database_readme tool which returns info from a README table is the relevant database:

gist.github.comdatasette_mcp_readme.pyGitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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Dan Peterson

@danp.net

3 Aug

And sample README table here:

hrm.datasette.danp.nethrm.datasette.danp.net

Jithox

@jithox.bsky.social

18 Sept

That’s a nice example of where a narrow, typed read-only tool beats a generic query surface. The useful contract is not just the returned rows, but the scope and shape of the source—so an agent can show why an answer is trustworthy.