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Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Definition

The Model Context Protocol is an open standard that lets AI applications connect to external tools and data sources through a common interface of servers and clients.

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In more detail

Each MCP tool invocation is a tool call, so tracing MCP servers shows which tools an agent used and how they behaved.

Related terms

Tool call
AI agent trace

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