Model Context Protocol (MCP)
ServiceModel Context Protocol (MCP) is an open specification that standardizes how AI agents communicate with external back-end services, databases, and tooling. It defines the message formats and server behaviors that let IDEs, CLIs, and autonomous agents reliably invoke tools, manage sessions, and enforce security policies.
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PowerPoint Copilot Skills push "notes to slides" from chat into workflow2026-09-18PowerPoint Copilot’s notes-to-slides Skill shows copilots shifting from chat into concrete workflows, with dat...
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Real-time AI DLP moves to the browser and the MCP layer2026-09-07Nightfall AI now blocks sensitive data at paste-time and monitors MCP agent traffic, shifting DLP from after-t...
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OpenCode goes protocol-first: MCP tools, LSP code intel, and a Plan/Build agent ...2026-09-04OpenCode now treats coding agents like IDEs: protocol-first, model-agnostic, with MCP tools, LSP code intel, a...
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LangChain adds beta MCP adapter; Datasette ships MCP server — agents plug into d...2026-09-02LangChain now adapts MCP servers into tools while Datasette exposes an MCP server endpoint, tightening the age...
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VMware Tanzu adds an AI-ready, deny-by-default agent data plane inside VCF2026-09-01Broadcom put guardrails and data plumbing for agentic AI directly into VMware Tanzu Platform on VMware Cloud F...
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OpenAI Codex 0.152 quietly hardens long-running ops, MCP tooling, and security2026-09-01OpenAI Codex shipped a release focused on longer-running commands, MCP tool controls, and practical security f...
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Stop dumping context: let agents pull what they need with MCP2026-08-30Teams are shifting agent context from dump-everything to on-demand pulls using the Model Context Protocol. A ...
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LangChain ships alpha MCP adapter powered by FastMCP2026-08-29LangChain released an alpha MCP adapter that turns any MCP server into agent tools you can hand straight to cr...
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WebMCP turns agent automation into first‑class site actions; make your agent doc...2026-08-27WebMCP is moving real agent automation from scraping to site-declared tools, and teams should treat agent-faci...
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MCP tool schemas are eating your context window — here’s how to cut 4–32x token ...2026-08-26MCP clients load full tool schemas into the model context, causing 4–32x higher token use than CLI-based disco...