MCP for AI Services: How to Give Claude Desktop Access to 30 GPU-Powered Tools
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Claude Desktop can browse the web. It can read files. But can it generate images, transcribe audio, or run LLM inference on open-source models? With MCP (Model Context Protocol) and GPU-Bridge, yes - in about 30 seconds. What Is MCP? MCP is an open protocol (created by Anthropic) that lets AI models use external tools. Think of it as a plugin system for LLMs: Claude Desktop ← MCP Protocol → Tool Server → External Service Any MCP-compatible tool server can be plugged into Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP client. The model discovers available tools and uses them as needed.