The Model Context Protocol (MCP)

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