Building Products for AI Agents Before MCP Servers

Most companies think being "AI agent-first" means building an MCP server. But the MCP should come last, not first. Here are 5 steps worth thinking about: 1. Don't force people to use your website/app. AI agents will interact with many products first. If your product only works when a human visits your site, you're already behind. 2. Every capability needs a corresponding API. You'd be surprised how many products have beautiful UIs sitting on top of incomplete or undocumented APIs. 3. Build single-purpose, composable endpoints. Agents want to chain atomic APIs together to achieve outcomes. They don't want a monolithic endpoint that does five things. 4. Make your content agent-readable. Your docs and help centers will be consumed by agents more than humans. Clean markdown and consistent headers are a must. 5. Build an MCP server. Note how this step comes last. An MCP on top of broken APIs or poor docs is useless. Get the foundation right first. 📌 More on how to build your products for AI agents first here: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/why-you-need…