Lays out the practical tradeoffs of running MCPThe Model Context Protocol — an open standard that lets any AI assistant plug into any tool or data source without custom integration code.Full definition → servers remotely versus locally — transport choice, per-client config paths, OAuth 2.1 overhead, and the fact that a local server inherits everything you can touch.
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MCP — The Model Context Protocol — an open standard that lets any AI assistant plug into any tool or data source without custom integration code.