Anthropic introduces the Model Context Protocol to improve responses generated by AI models.

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Posted: Nov 26, 2024 6:28 AM Updated: Nov 26, 2024 6:28 AM

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Anthropic, an AI safety and research company, has announced the open source of Model Context Protocol (MCP), a new standard designed to connect AI assistants to the systems where their data is stored, with the goal of improving the relevance and quality of responses generated from advanced models. .

MCP simplifies previously fragmented, integrated systems by providing universal, open standards for connecting AI systems to data sources. This unified protocol provides a more reliable and efficient way to give AI systems access to essential data.

Open standards allow developers to establish secure, two-way connections between data sources and AI-powered applications. The architecture is simple. Developers can create AI applications (MCP clients) that expose data or connect to MCP servers. With this release, Anthropic introduced the Model Context Protocol specification, a software development kit (SDK), local MCP server support in the Claude Desktop application, and an open source repository of MCP servers.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is excellent for quickly deploying MCP server implementations, enabling both organizations and individuals to connect key data sets to a variety of AI tools. To help developers get started, Anthropic offers pre-built MCP servers for popular enterprise systems such as Google Drive, Slack, GitHub, Git, Postgres, and Puppeteer.

With MCP, developers no longer need to maintain individual connectors for each data source. As the ecosystem evolves, AI systems can maintain context across different tools and data sets, moving toward a more sustainable architecture that replaces current fragmented approaches.

How to get started with MCP?

Developers can now start building and testing MCP connectors. Current Claude for Work users can test their MCP servers locally, allowing Claude to connect to their internal systems and data sets. In the near future, Anthropic will release a developer toolkit to support the deployment of remote production MCP servers designed to serve the broader Claude for Work organization.

To get started, users are encouraged to install a pre-built MCP server through the Claude Desktop application, follow the quickstart guide to set up your first MCP server, and contribute to the open source repository containing connectors and implementations.

Anthropic, an AI startup founded by former OpenAI members, is focusing on developing general AI systems and LLM (Large Language Model). Over the past year, significant investment support has enabled the company to finance the development and launch of its AI products. Recently, Anthropic launched the upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet, launched a new model called Claude 3.5 Haiku, and released new beta features for computer use.