How LLMs Actually Discover and Call MCP Tools (Under the Hood)
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A common misconception among developers is that Large Language Models (LLMs) connect to network sockets, run bash commands, or directly query databases. In reality, an LLM is just a stateless token prediction engine . It cannot make HTTP calls or execute code. So how does Claude or Cursor magically…
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- 2026-10-28 17:00 · DEV Community — AI
How LLMs Actually Discover and Call MCP Tools (Under the Hood)