Model Context Protocol

Industry leader Distribution, hosting and standardsupdated 22 Sep 2026

The universal standard for connecting agents to tools and data.

What it offers

Main offerings
MCP
Created by Anthropic; now governed by the Agentic AI Foundation (Linux Foundation). Supported by OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, AWS and nearly every agent tool.

Recent news

  • MCP 2026-07-28 spec makes the protocol core statelessRemote servers become ordinary HTTP workloads; adds MCP Apps, Tasks and stronger authorizationMCP Blog ↗
  • MCP prepares to break with its stateful pastLargest protocol change since launch, with a formal deprecation policyThe Register ↗
  • Snowflake agrees to acquire Natoma, an enterprise MCP platformData platforms are buying MCP infrastructure for enterprise agentsFlexera ↗

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