Glossary

MCP

Also: Model Context Protocol

Model Context Protocol: an open protocol that standardizes how LLM apps connect to external data and tools, one format for a tracker, a database, a browser and any service.

Example

claude mcp add connects an error-monitoring server to Claude Code, and the agent finds the stack trace itself.

Where it shows up

Advanced AI agent setup: skills, hooks, subagents, MCP — Post 3 of 8
AI agents: news from primary sources — Post 5 of 8
An AI assistant with a fully connected stack — Post 7 of 8
Automation AI Engineer · Chapter 6: Self-healing pipelines

Related terms

MCP server MCP host and clientMCP host Tool usefunction calling

Source

Model Context Protocol — Specification 2026-07-28