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uwagar • today at 10:23 AM • 4 replies • view on HN

so much MCPs in the FTA yet not a line about what MCP actually is.


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seanhunter • today at 10:29 AM

Most people using pi probably know. MCP is “model context protocol”, a protocol by which models can connect to apis and services and conversely a way to expose those apis and services so they can be used by llms and agents. https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/2026-07-28/getting-star...

ramblurr • today at 10:26 AM

1. The first paragraph has a callback and link 2. You're not the intended audience of the post most likely

tiborsaas • today at 11:36 AM

It's just like API-s, but with built in documentation.

otabdeveloper4 • today at 10:27 AM

MCP is the NIH non-standard version of OpenAPI.