The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard, introduced by Anthropic, for connecting AI models and agents to tools, data sources, and applications in a
An open standard, introduced by Anthropic, for connecting AI models and agents to tools, data sources, and applications in a structured, reusable way. An MCP server exposes tools an agent can call, resources it can read, and prompt templates, and any MCP client can consume them.
Because instead of building bespoke integrations per application, teams build one well-secured MCP server per system and reuse it across every AI client in the organization, the same way USB replaced device-specific ports.