What MCP is in software development, how it connects AI models to tools and data, and why it matters for building scalable AI-powered applications.

MCP's July 2026 spec rewrite went stateless and made Client ID Metadata Documents the standard, not audience-bound tokens, which have been mandatory since mid-2025. What actually changed since ...

Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now includes a Tool Catalog that can scaffold a Python or TypeScript MCP server with the core transport and registration plumbing already set up. In ...