AI & LLMs
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Also known as: MCP
MCP is an open protocol that lets AI agents discover and call external tools and data sources over a standard interface, instead of every app inventing its own.
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard for connecting AI agents to tools and data. A server exposes a set of typed tools; any MCP-capable client (Cursor, Claude, Windsurf, and others) can discover and call them without custom glue code.
MCP turns "give the model a tool" into a portable, reusable contract, which is why it has become a common integration point for agent tooling.
In GraphCanon
GraphCanon runs a read-only MCP server so agents can search the graph, resolve tools by constraints, and read trust reports directly - no scraping. Setup lives in the MCP docs.
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Last reviewed 2026-07-09