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Phase 15 · AI Agents & Orchestration

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Model Context Protocol (MCP, Overview)

Part of the AI Engineer Roadmap.

Summary

An open standard for connecting AI models to external tools and data sources through a consistent protocol — designed to reduce the need for one-off integrations per model or app.

How to Learn This

  • 1Read the MCP specification's core concepts: servers, tools, resources.
  • 2Try connecting an MCP-compatible client to a simple MCP server.
  • 3Understand what problem MCP solves compared to custom function-calling integrations.

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