--- title: Does your developers need another MCP? | daily.dev description: Platform Engineering teams are increasingly building in-house MCP (Model Context Protocol) services for developer teams, but this isn't always the right call.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/zdej6lmb3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Does your developers need another MCP? | daily.dev og:description: Platform Engineering teams are increasingly building in-house MCP (Model Context Protocol) services for developer teams, but this isn't always the right call.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/zdej6lmb3 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZdeJ6lMB3.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Does your developers need another MCP? **[Marcos Lobo](https://daily.dev/sources/ecbg5hr2onwwnpbkypf2v)** · [@marcosflobo](https://daily.dev/marcosflobo) · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Platform Engineering teams are increasingly building in-house MCP (Model Context Protocol) services for developer teams, but this isn't always the right call. The key question is whether the problem actually requires an MCP or could be solved with simple automation. In-house MCPs make sense for large organizations (10–20+ teams) needing centralized policy enforcement, compliance/audit logging, or deduplication across multiple security scanners. They don't make sense for small teams, highly autonomous teams averse to centralization, or when existing public MCP servers already cover the need. The core advice: assess the problem first, check if automation suffices, and verify your team has the expertise before building. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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