By Max Techera · Open-source (MIT) · Updated June 2026
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MCP resources vs tools vs prompts

The three MCP primitives, and when to use each.

npxnpx hushdrop report.html

Tools are actions the agent calls (e.g. publish). Resources are data the agent can read. Prompts are reusable templates. Most integrations are tools.

Hushdrop is a tool

Publishing is an action, so Hushdrop exposes publish_html as a tool. The returned URL is the resource your agent can then reference.

FAQ

Does it work with any AI agent?
Yes. It's a CLI plus a SKILL.md and an MCP server, so Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Gemini CLI — anything that runs a shell or speaks MCP — can use it.

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Open-source, zero-knowledge, free. Try it in one command:

npx hushdrop report.html --managed