Ben Hylak says all products should become headless MCPs for agents to call
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On October 29, 2026, Simon Willison reported on Ben Hylak's view: all products should be made into headless MCPs so that once AI agents are connected, users no longer need to care about underlying details. Hylak also quipped that this claim has one exception—his own product—on the grounds that "customers love its UI." At this point the event is mainly the publication and spread of this viewpoint; no follow-up developments have been reported.
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- Simon WillisonQuoting Ben Hylak
Ben Hylak argues that all products should be built as headless MCPs, so that once AI agents plug in, users need not care about the underlying details. He jokes that his own product is the exception, because "customers love its UI."
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