"Let's be honest. AI assistants are smart, but they're mostly stuck inside a chat window. They can write an email, but they can't send it. They can plan a trip, but they can't book it. To do real things, they need to connect to other apps and services - what developers call "tools." And right now, that connection is a mess."
"Then USB came along and created one standard plug that just worked for everything. MCP aims to be the USB for AI. It's a proposed set of rules( by Anthropic, the company behind Claude) - a standard language - that lets any AI agent talk to any tool without needing a custom-built connector. It's a simple, universal agreement on how to ask for things and get a response."
MCP standardizes how AI agents communicate with external tools to eliminate custom connectors and duplicated integration work. An MCP server manages interactions through a handshake, a menu of available tools with required parameters, and a request/response flow. The protocol enables agents to perform real-world actions such as fetching weather data, booking flights, or adding calendar events via a unified interface. The design is compared to USB as a single plug across devices. Anthropic proposed the protocol to simplify developer effort and streamline tool access for AI agents.
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