MCP (Model Context Protocol)

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol for safely exposing tools, data sources, and system capabilities to AI assistants and IDE / CLI agent runtimes in a standardized way. It defines how a client (assistant runtime / IDE) discovers, lists, and invokes server-provided resources (tools, prompts, data references) over a bidirectional transport (e.g., stdio, WebSocket). MCP promotes interoperability, composability, and security auditing versus bespoke plugin SDKs.