Anthropic has open-sourced the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a new standard for connecting AI assistants to data sources like content repositories, business tools, and development environments

Anthropic has open-sourced the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a new standard for connecting AI assistants to data sources like content repositories, business tools, and development environments. MCP aims to help AI systems access the data they need to produce better, more relevant responses, replacing fragmented integrations with a single, universal protocol.