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Introducing the Model Context Protocol

Anthropic · 2024

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Anthropic's November 2024 announcement of the Model Context Protocol, a standard way for agents to reach tools and data. The companion cites it as the first step in rebuilding the datasphere's shoreline for agents between 2024 and 2026. That habitat made payment, identity, compute, and attention legible to software that reasons (§2, Fig. 4).

Cited in
the companion paper (Companion §2, Fig. 4)
Used for
Habitat construction; Fig. 4
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Agent infrastructure & the datasphere habitat · Protocols, skills & agent frameworks

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@misc{anthropic2024mcp,
  title = {Introducing the Model Context Protocol},
  author = {Anthropic},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Anthropic News},
  url = {https://www.anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol},
}