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There’s an MCP Apps version of this that is interesting: https://creature.run

Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but isn’t generating UI just-in-time kind of risky because AI can get it wrong? Whereas you can generate/build an MCP App once that is deterministic, always returns a working result, and just as AI native.

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With this you build your own React components and register them with the AI. The AI chooses which to use and what props to pass into them, so it's not generating UI from scratch, if that's what you mean - other Michael from the Tambo team

I see. how often does AI get the components wrong? This is my big question wrt just in time generative ui. UI built beforehand (also likely generated by ai but vetted by eng team) feels like it has the win here. Why take on risks of non determinism if you don’t have to. This feels like the big pro for mcp apps.

It get's it wrong sometimes but I think the alternative is the user getting it wrong trying to navigate your site.

I like to think how much time I spend clicking different nav links, clicking different drop downs trying to find the functionality I need.

It's just a new way for the app to surface what the user needs when they need it.

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