# What we think (slim)

> Vlad Cealicu on what Anchor Terminal believes about AI agents and the tools they use, in the order the argument goes, from why we measure the tools to why the web is closing to agents, what's wrong with MCP, how agents should pay, why benchmark bans matter, and the tools that already let agents in. Each part links the post that makes the case.

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I think agents will choose and pay for the tools they use on their own, and most of the web isn't built for that yet.

## Somebody has to measure the tools

I built CryptoCompare in 2014 because we were drowning in noise.

## Few people have seen what agents can do

Not enough people have seen what AI is capable of, and that's why there isn't enough infrastructure built for agents.

## The web is closing to agents

There are a lot of companies building personal agents, and most of them market errands the agent can't run.

## MCP isn't the door

The same reasons I disliked GraphQL, I dislike MCP.

## Agents have to be able to pay

An agent can find a tool and still not use it, because it can't sign up, add a card or copy a key.

## Agents need honest evidence

An agent picks a tool on evidence, and the evidence is benchmarks, uptime and other people's experience.

## Some tools already let agents in

Some tools have fixed the part that matters most, the front door.

## Keep the personal part local

The parts of my own agent I keep using help me remember, research and spend less time scrolling, and I want them to decouple me from big tech ([after a year building a personal agent](/blog/personal-agent-protocol-first-draft)).

## Where it lands

That's what we want [letme.dev](/letme/) to be, one place an agent finds the best tool for a job and, later, pays for it, with the referral fee from the tool paying for it.

What I don't know is how fast the doors open.