Agentic Protocols

Model Context Protocol MCP

Definition

Model Context Protocol is an open standard introduced by Anthropic that lets AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, others) connect to external data sources and tools through a uniform interface. Sites can publish an MCP Server Card at /.well-known/mcp-server-card declaring an MCP endpoint, which agents can then call to retrieve data or perform actions.

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