Model Context Protocol
Also called MCP.
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard, introduced by Anthropic in 2024, that defines how applications expose tools, data resources, and prompt templates to language-model clients through a common client-server interface.
Description
MCP replaces one-off integrations between each model application and each data source with a single protocol, so any compliant client can use any compliant server.
Sources
- Anthropic (2024). Introducing the Model Context Protocol.
- Model Context Protocol (2025). Model Context Protocol specification.
Cite this entry
Protologue. (2026). Model Context Protocol. In Protologue: A Taxonomy of Prompting and LLM Techniques (v1.0.0, PTL-0061). https://protologue.com/t/model-context-protocol/
BibTeX
@misc{protologue_model_context_protocol,
title = {Model Context Protocol},
author = {{Protologue}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Protologue: A Taxonomy of Prompting and LLM Techniques, v1.0.0},
note = {Entry PTL-0061},
url = {https://protologue.com/t/model-context-protocol/}
}