On November 25, artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced the launch of a new open standard—the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This protocol aims to enhance the quality and relevance of model responses to queries by connecting AI assistants with data sources such as business tools and software. The release of MCP means that AI assistants can directly extract information from different data sources when handling tasks, thereby avoiding the issue of 'information silos.' In a blog post, Anthropic stated that while AI assistants have made progress in reasoning and quality,