There's something being overlooked here: the potential of MCPs as standalone applications for Claude Code users. Most people are treating MCPs as auxiliary tools, but the real opportunity sits in building them as independent, fully-featured apps. When you think about it, Claude Code opens up a whole new layer of capability—developers can leverage MCPs directly within their workflow, eliminating the friction of context switching. That's a big deal. The architecture supports it, the use cases are there, yet adoption remains niche. Whether it's automation frameworks, data processing pipelines, or