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type: Glossary Term
title: Model Context Protocol (MCP)
description: "Open standard by Anthropic enabling AI assistants to connect with external tools and services. Called 'USB-C for AI', MCP provides bidirectional communication b"
resource: "https://www.contextstudios.ai/glossary/model-context-protocol-mcp"
category: infrastructure
language: en
timestamp: "2026-07-01T15:03:02.321Z"
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# Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Open standard by Anthropic enabling AI assistants to connect with external tools and services. Called 'USB-C for AI', MCP provides bidirectional communication between AI models and applications for tool use, context sharing, and interactive UI.

## Business Value

Reduces infrastructure complexity for model context protocol (mcp) by up to 70%, enabling faster deployment and lower maintenance costs.

## Context Studios Perspective

We design model context protocol (mcp) systems that are resilient, observable, and cost-optimized — the three pillars of production AI infrastructure.