MCP

Also called: Model Context Protocol, MCP server, MCP servers, connector, connectors, M C P

Model Context Protocol. An open standard for connecting AI applications to outside tools and data sources. It was created at Anthropic and released as open source in 2024, and other vendors' products support it.

For example: A company sets up an MCP server for its customer database. Staff can then ask an AI assistant questions that it answers from that data.