Standardalize communication of how application provide context to LLM/modal. connect AI modal to tools and sources. Build agents and workflow on top of LLM MCP provides: pre-built integration my LLM can be directly integrated Flexibility to switch LLM and vendors securing your data inside your infrastructure
MCP host MCP client MCP server Local Data sources Remote Services MCP server provide three capability: Resources:File-like data that can be read by clients (like API responses or file contents) Tools:Functions that can be called by the LLM (with user approval) Prompt:: Pre-written templates that help users accomplish specific tasks
MCP work on stdio .(Simply the terminal where user input and got some output in terminal locally) It also work on SSE(server sent events) for online communication.