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A Developer's Guide to the Model Context Protocol

A Developer's Guide to the Model Context Protocol

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The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard designed to solve the chaotic ‘M×N integration problem’ developers face when connecting AI models to their tools and data sources. Think of it as a universal power adapter for AI. Instead of building a custom connector for every single combination, MCP provides a standard, unified way for everything to talk to each other. This breaks a huge bottleneck, reducing infrastructure setup time by an estimated 90% and freeing developers to build truly context-aware applications.

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