https://www.davidlang.tech/tags/integration/ Recent content in Integration on David Lang Hugo en Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.davidlang.tech/posts/mcp-model-context-protocol-the-future-of-ai-tool-integration/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.davidlang.tech/posts/mcp-model-context-protocol-the-future-of-ai-tool-integration/ <p>Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardizes how AI applications connect to data sources and tools-filesystems, databases, APIs, and IDEs speak a common protocol.</p> <h2 id="why-mcp-matters">Why MCP Matters</h2> <p>Before MCP, every agent framework invented its own plugin format. MCP provides discoverable tools and resources with typed schemas-like LSP for AI tools.</p> <h2 id="architecture">Architecture</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Host</strong> - Cursor, Claude Desktop, custom agent</li> <li><strong>MCP Server</strong> - Exposes tools (<code>query_db</code>, <code>read_file</code>) and resources</li> <li><strong>Transport</strong> - stdio or SSE</li> </ul> <p>Developers implement servers once; any MCP-compatible host can use them.</p>