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API.market founder stresses explicit product decisions for connector operations

Shashank Agarwal, founder of Noveum AI and creator of API.market, emphasizes that a single connector, like the MCP setup, still requires explicit product decisions for each operation. He advises treating connectors as infrastructure, with each task necessitating a review of API selection, input contracts, data destinations, pricing, and recovery checks. Agarwal also highlights the importance of keeping optional work optional, defining stopping rules for unresolved decisions, and verifying the actual results of operations rather than just their successful execution. AI

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API.market founder stresses explicit product decisions for connector operations

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Shashank Agarwal ·

    One MCP Connection Still Contains Many Product Decisions

    <p>A single connector can simplify access to many operations. The product decisions behind those operations still need to be made explicitly.</p> <p><strong>Quick answer:</strong> Treat the connection as infrastructure. For each task, review the selected API, input contract, data…