https://vicboomer.com/tags/protocols/ Recent content in Protocols on Vic Boomer Hugo nl Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0200 https://vicboomer.com/essays/en-the-end-of-the-prompt/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0200 https://vicboomer.com/essays/en-the-end-of-the-prompt/ <p>Everyone is talking about prompt engineering. Courses, books, certifications — an entire industry has been built around the idea that the quality of your question determines the quality of your answer.</p> <p>That&rsquo;s true. But it&rsquo;s also nearly obsolete.</p> <h2 id="from-prompt-to-protocol">From prompt to protocol</h2> <p>The shift we&rsquo;re seeing now is fundamental: from <em>ad hoc instructions</em> to <em>structured protocols</em>. MCP (Model Context Protocol), tool-use, function calling — they&rsquo;re all signals of the same trend.</p>