MCP — The Model Context Protocol — an open standard that lets any AI assistant plug into any tool or data source without custom integration code.
Why it matters
If tool calls can return interfaces instead of text, the shape of what an 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 → server can usefully do changes.
Key quotes
“They don't want to be reduced to a textual database. They don't want to lose their brand identity in the process.”
Liad Yosef
“we partnered with Anthropic and OpenAI to create the official extension to MCP, which we call MCP apps”
Ido Salomon
“What if we could just take these UIs and just break them into atoms? And those atoms can be composed by my own personal assistant, right?”
Liad Yosef
“if I click on something in the Shopify's MCP app, then Shopify doesn't control my journey anymore. The host does.”
Liad Yosef
“With MCP apps you can write once and run it everywhere. And the future is looking bright.”
