Hi, I’m Danielle Turner, Welcome to the Property AI Tools newsletter where I share weekly deep dives into AI topics, the latest AI tools and news, all specifically for real estate!
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AI Agents vs MCP
Every week, a new “AI automation” tool shows up claiming it can run your business for you. Some of them are helpful, some are risky but after a while, they all end up sounding the same.
The challenging part is telling the difference between tools that ‘act’ (AI agents) and tools that connect (MCP, Model Context Protocol ). One can draft, schedule and update records. The other can limit and standardize what the AI can access on your device, which matters when client data and your reputation are on the line.
In this weeks deep dive, i’ll be explaining what AI agents do, what MCP is (with real estate examples), plus a safety checklist for you to cover before you let anything touch your inbox or laptop.
A Rundown of AI Agents
An AI agent is more than a chatbot that answers questions. It’s an AI system that can take a goal, break it into steps, use available tools for added context and keep going until it finishes said task or gets stuck.
An agent is closer to a junior team member who can run tasks across systems, if you give it access.
An agent is usually made up of five parts:
Goal: what you want done e.g. “follow up with new leads from yesterday”.
Steps: a simple plan it creates and updates as it goes.
Tools: email, calendar, CRM, docs, spreadsheets, web search, and sometimes MLS exports.
Memory: saves details like your tone, templates, and client preferences.
Feedback: checks results, looks for errors, and tries again.
A Rundown of MCP
MCP is like a USB for AI tools. You don’t need a different port for every device, you need a standard USB port that supports many devices.
For teams that means easy access to resources, clearer permissions and fewer workflows that depend on copy-paste. It also helps leadership ask better questions like “What can the AI access?”, “Who approved it?”, “Where are logs stored?”
What MCP Is Not
MCP is not an agent and it’s not a language model. It won’t plan tasks or decide what to do next. It also doesn’t guarantee the AI will be correct.
MCP is best seen as a structured ecosystem that helps to route context and tool access in a controlled way.
Let’s Compare The Two
Category | AI Agents | MCP (Model Context Protocol) |
|---|---|---|
Primary purpose | Complete tasks end-to-end | Provides standardized access to tools and data |
How it works | Plans steps, calls tools, checks progress, validates output | Defines connections, permissions and tool call structure |
What you buy | Agent software, workflows, approvals. Agentic AI systems | MCP servers/connectors (often bundled in platforms) |
Risk level | Higher (it can take actions that impact decision making). An autonomous agent can execute destructive commands e.g. delete a database. | Medium (it opens access paths). Has the capacity to delete data if instructed and permitted. Risk can be limited with ‘Human in the loop’ safeguards |
Best real estate uses | Follow-up drafts, scheduling, CRM updates, marketing drafts, research. | Safer connections to CRM, docs, calendar, and reports. |
How Can You Stay Safe Before Letting An AI Agent Access Your Computer?
Treat it like you’re giving the AI agent the keys to your brand new Lamborghini, Start off slow and don’t hit full throttle until you’re confident and prepared.
Use a separate browser profile or dedicated account for the agent.
Follow least privilege access, only the minimum needed such as ‘Read Only’.
Add approval gates for sending emails, texts, or CRM edits.
Limit spending and keep it away from payment methods, wire details and API keys.
Turn on activity logs and audit trails, screen recording if available.
Use MFA on every connected account.
Always test before going live with real data.
Tools For You To Try
Manus AI - An autonomous agent in your browser
Comet Browser - An intelligent AI powered browser
Zapier MCP - Connect AI with thousands of apps, without using code
Conclusion
AI agents and MCPs solve different problems. Agents do the work, plan steps and take actions whereas an MCP makes tool access more consistent and easier to control, which matters when your CRM, calendar, and client files are involved.
Whichever system you choose to use, ensure to incorporate human checkpoints and only expand capability once you’ve been able to achieve consistent results.
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