Anthropic. The protocol's designers — Theo Chu, David Soria Parra and Alex Albert — walking through why MCP exists, the components (server, client, transport), the reception since the November 2024 release, and which servers they actually use day-to-day. Useful as the canonical source after the Nate Herk overview.
This is canonical context, not a complete production guide. Protocol details are useful, but deployment security, auth, network exposure and tool permissions still need current documentation review.
Understand the protocol roles: host, client, server, tools, resources, prompts and transports.
Watch or read a plain-language MCP overview first if protocol terms are new.
Last reviewed: May 18, 2026
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