docs: recommend CLI mode over MCP for AI coding agents#29
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CLI tools are 10-32x cheaper and 100% reliable vs 72% for MCP (TCP timeouts, JSON schema overhead per call). Add comparison table and link to benchmark study. MCP remains recommended for GUI-based tools (Cursor, VS Code). Signed-off-by: Patrick szymkowiak <patrick.szymkowiak@innovtech.eu>
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vox init -m cliover MCP for terminal-based AI agents (Claude Code, Codex)Why
AI agents forget to use MCP tools because they're deferred (require schema lookup). CLI tools are in the core Bash toolset — always available, no discovery overhead.