What is MCP?

Model Context Protocol#

MCP just defines how a client & server should send messages to each other.

Messages about their capabilities, specific requests, and resulting responses.

Using this allows AI clients, like Cursor, to access the outside world to read data and take actions through tools.

The power of MCP#

Everybody agreeing on how AI clients should speak to MCP servers opens up a whole world of possibilities.

AI clients can now ask an MCP server to query the database, or search some docs, or add a comment to a GitHub issue.

And this isn't limited to AI IDEs - Claude.ai, Claude Desktop, and ChatGPT Desktop all support MCP servers too.

Zoom out#

AI chats & MCP servers are the future of interaction. More and more people will be asking ChatGPT or Cursor to get Linear issue description, find the related stacktrace from Sentry, read version specific Laravel docs, query the database, then advise on the path forward.

We're also on the fast path to MCP being in the hands of non-tech users, with Claude releasing 'integrations' (Remote MCP servers).

Now is the time to get up to speed & involved.

Future videos#

We'll get into the nitty gritty of the protocol specification, how tools are chosen, how you can mix and match tools, why you should care, how to build your own, how to monetize them, and more.

Stick around & keep being awesome!