What is MCP and why use Lisp for it?

Model Context Protocol standardizes LLM-tool calls. Lisp

How do I fix 40ants-mcp load errors?

Quickload :jsonrpc first, then :40ants-mcp. Always.

Can I run this MCP server production-ready?

SBCL builds exes fine; add logging, supervision for scale.

What's the source code?

GitHub mcp-exper — full example there.

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