Theo Chu, David Soria Parra and Alex Albert dive into the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the standard that's changing how AI applications connect with external data and tools.
Anthropic open-sourced MCP in November 2024.
Learn more about MCP: https://modelcontextprotocol.io
Read the initial announcement: https://anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol
0:00 Introduction 0:35 MCP and core components 3:13 How it started 6:22 Launching MCP and reception 8:12 Making it open source 9:55 Current state 13:23 Tips for getting started 14:57 Favorite MCP servers 16:23 Claude 4 improvements 18:18 What's next
