Lesson 16: MCP, Tools and Connecting Agents to Other Systems

What happens when a coding agent is given only a copied bug report, while another can retrieve the current issue, read the relevant documentation and check the latest test result through approved connections? The second agent has a fuller, more current view of the project, so it can often produce more useful work. This raises the central question: how can an AI application connect to external systems without treating connection as proof of reliability or permission to do everything?