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What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)?

In short

The Model Context Protocol is an open standard that lets AI applications connect to external tools, data sources, and systems in a consistent way. Introduced by Anthropic, it acts like a universal adapter so a model can, for instance, query a database, read files, or call an API without custom integration for each. It makes it easier to give AI assistants safe, structured access to real business systems.

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