▶ OPEN PROTOCOL FOR AI INTEGRATION
Open protocol for connecting LLMs to external tools, data, and prompts
▶ SOLVES THE M + N PROBLEM
WITHOUT MCP: WITH MCP:
┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
│ LLM A │◄─────►│ LLM A │◄──┐
├─────────────┤ ├─────────────┤ │
│ LLM B │◄──┐ │ LLM B │◄──┤ MCP
├─────────────┤ │ ├─────────────┤ │ PROTOCOL
│ LLM C │◄──┼──►│ LLM C │◄──┤
└─────────────┘ │ └─────────────┘ │
▲ ▲ ▲ │ │
│ │ │ │ ┌─────────────┐ │
│ │ └────────┼──►│ TOOL A │◄──┘
│ └──────────┼──►│ TOOL B │◄──┘
└────────────┴──►│ TOOL C │◄──┘
└─────────────┘
M×N connections M+N connections
▶ SERVER = "TOOLBOX" FOR THE MODEL
DEMO CONCEPT: Each MCP server acts as a specialized toolbox that models can pick up and use
ENABLES MODULAR, SCALABLE INTEGRATION
$ mcp-connect --server filesystem --server git --server database
[CONNECTED] 3 servers, 24 tools, 8 resources available
[READY] Claude can now access files, git, and data