AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use

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By Russell BrandomJul 20, 2026, 4:50 pm186 ptsTrendingTop
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is one of the basic building blocks of AI interoperability, giving AI models a secure way to access external data sources and services. It’s the plumbing that lets a chatbot reach into your calendar, your database, or your internal tools, instead of engineers building custom…

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