The Model Context Protocol settles in as the integration standard
A year on, MCP is the common way agents reach tools and data — adopted across the major vendors, with thousands of servers in production.
MCP gives a model one consistent way to connect to external tools, data, and codebases instead of bespoke glue per integration. Through 2026 it has been adopted across the major model providers and moved toward neutral, community governance, with a roadmap focused on production scale. For anyone wiring agents into real systems, it is becoming the default plug.
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