What’s the Latest MCP Craze Everyone’s Talking About?
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is essentially a common language that lets AI assistants connect to external data sources and services in a consistent way. Think of MCP as the “USB-C for AI applications” – a standardized port that allows any AI model to plug into many different databases, apps, or repositories. Instead of each new integration being a bespoke solution, MCP provides one protocol that can handle them all. The goal is to streamline how AI models get context (like documents, knowledge base articles, emails, or code) and perform actions (like sending messages or executing commands) by defining clear rules for these interactions.
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