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MCP

abbr. Building with AI 2024

Model Context Protocol. An open standard, introduced by Anthropic in late 2024 and later adopted across the industry, for connecting AI apps to outside tools and data such as calendars, databases, and design files.

“There's an MCP server for our CRM, so the assistant can read deals directly.”

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In the history of AI

One of the Essentials

MCP is one of 20 Essential terms: the words you need to follow a news story or a work meeting about AI. It entered common use around 2024.