🤝 The Model Context Protocol: Unifying AI Communication

🤝 The Model Context Protocol: Unifying AI Communication

This episode introduces the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard designed to enable seamless communication between AI agents and external data sources or tools, much like a universal adaptor. It addresses the "N×M" integration problem where connecting numerous AI models to various tools creates an unsustainable development burden. The show explains MCP's three-tier architecture consisting of a Host (the user-facing application), an MCP Client (which manages sessions), and an MCP Server (which translates requests for data sources like databases or APIs). Furthermore, it details how MCP uses JSON-RPC 2.0 for messaging and supports dynamic disc ...