MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is the open standard for connecting AI models to your tools and data. In the first Tech Tuesday, we explain what MCP is, the problem it solves, and where it fits in 2026, in plain terms. Introduced by Anthropic in late 2024 and now stewarded by the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation, MCP is fast becoming the way agents reach real systems, which makes it an operational question, not just a lab one.

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