Issue #33 - MCP - The Plug-and-Play of AI Apps
If you have been following all the AI hype, MCP may be a similar term you have been hearing a lot recently. MCP(Model Context Protocol) has been created by Anthropic to standardize the way AI models interact with external services.
Here is a video from Anthropic showing how Claude can interact with Github MCP to create a repository and push code.
The Model Context Protocol(MCP) is an open standardization that enables AI models/agents to directly connect with external datasets and applications.
Model: Refers to AI models, particularly large language models (LLMs) like Claude or GPT.
Context: Relevant information or data that these models require to understand and respond.
Protocol: Standardized set of rules or procedures for exchanging information.
You can think of MCP like a REST API. MCP is to AI agents what REST APIs are to traditional software, an abstraction layer that standardizes how different systems communicate.
What problem is MCP solving?
Before MCP, connecting AI models to various services like Slack or GitHub required custom coding for each integration. For example, integrating GitHub with Cursor needed a specific type of implementation, while connecting Windsurf to those same services required a completely different approach.
Now, with MCP, AI agents or models can be connected to these services without having to write separate code for each integration.
MCP Client is built into the AI app (such as an IDE or chatbot) and is responsible for initiating requests to external services. It figures out which tools are available, sends out requests (like “Create a GitHub repo.”), and then takes care of whatever responses come back.
MCP Server is like the bridge between the AI app and outside systems. It takes things like APIs or databases and presents them in a way the AI can easily understand and use—so there's no need to write custom code for every single connection.
Here are some interesting MCPs-
blender-mcp - Connect Claude Desktop and Blender to create 3D models by just prompting.
Figma-Context-MCP - Paste the figma link file and Cursor would code the whole thing. No more uploading screenshots.
mcp-unity - Connect Unity Engine with any AI coding agents
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I finished reading two books The Vegetarian by Han Kang and Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. Both of these novels are a bit tragic and sophisticated.
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Martyr! is about an Iranian immigrant in the US called Cyrus, who thinks his mom died in a plane crash. Later, he finds out she was alive and staging a death-themed art exhibition in her final days, which he unknowingly attended without her revealing her identity. The book dives into themes of death, identity, and meaning through Cyrus's struggles with addiction, his poetic aspirations, and his complex relationship with his distant father and absent mother.