What is MCP? My Beginner's Guide to Model Context Protocol

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Generative AI

Introduction When I started learning Generative AI, one of the first things I came across was something called MCP. At first it sounded complex, but once I understood it, everything clicked. In this blog, I want to share my understanding in the simplest way possible. What is MCP? MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It is a lightweight protocol developed by Anthropic — the company that also created Claude AI...