What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP) developed by Anthropic?
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MCP is Anthropic's open standard for giving AI models a consistent way to connect to any external tool or data source — like a universal USB port for AI integrations.
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The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard developed by Anthropic that provides a unified way for AI models like Claude to interact with external tools, data sources, and systems. Instead of building custom integrations for every tool, MCP provides a standardized client-server protocol where: MCP servers expose resources and tools, MCP clients (AI models/applications) connect to servers to access those capabilities. This enables a rich ecosystem of MCP servers for databases, APIs, file systems, web browsers, and more that any MCP-compatible AI can use. Option A (encryption protocol) is wrong. Option C (load balancing) is wrong. Option D (government standard) is wrong.