Model Context Protocol makes it far easier to integrate LLMs and your APIs. Let’s walk through how MCP clients and servers communicate, securely. Every new protocol introduces its own complexities.

What MCP is in software development, how it connects AI models to tools and data, and why it matters for building scalable AI-powered applications.

Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now includes a Tool Catalog that can scaffold a Python or TypeScript MCP server with the core transport and registration plumbing already set up. In ...

MCP's July 2026 spec rewrite went stateless and made Client ID Metadata Documents the standard, not audience-bound tokens, which have been mandatory since mid-2025. What actually changed since ...

In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Yaroshefsky, CEO at MCP Manager, discusses how Model Context Protocol’s (MCP) trust model creates security gaps that many teams overlook and why MCP must ...