MCP decoded: How Anthropic’s protocol is enabling smoother AI interactions

The technology community cannot stop talking about MCP, short for Model Context Protocol, developed by the Claude-maker Anthropic and first introduced in November, 2024. While it did not make a splash last year, over the last few months, MCP has been adopted by developers, platforms, and companies. Swathi Moorthy decodes what MCP is, why it is important and the hype behind it.