The Model Context Protocol (MCP), introduced by Anthropic in November 2024, defines a standardized interface for connecting large language models (LLMs) to external tools, data sources, and services. Within months of release, hundreds of community-built MCP servers appeared on GitHub, but no software-maintenance literature has yet described how the ecosystem is being structured in production.
arXiv:2606. 05339v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: MCP (Model Context Protocol) enables LLMs (Large Language Models) to interact with external tools and data sources via a standardized protocol.
By Joshua Owotogbe, Indika Kumara, Willem-Jan van den Heuvel, Damian Andrew Tamburri, Antonio Ken Iannillo, Roberto Natella
arXiv:2608. 08467v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardizes how servers expose data and tools to Large Language Models (LLMs).
By Minhan Cho, Soyoung Park, Kihyeon Jeong, Byeongkyu Jeon, Daejin Choi, Jinyoung Han
arXiv:2607. 10123v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The rapid emergence of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) has introduced a new standard for connecting large language models to external tools and services.
By Benny Toeppe, Amine Barrak, Emna Ksontini
arXiv:2606. 04769v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has emerged as a critical standard empowering Large Language Models (LLMs) to utilize external tools.
By Yutao Shi, Xiaohan Zhang, Xiangjing Zhang, Xihua Shen, Hui Ouyang, Huming Qiu, Mi Zhang, Min Yang
arXiv:2606. 29073v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Model Context Protocol (MCP)-style ecosystems give language-model applications a practical connection layer for tools, resources, prompts, and transports.
By Ting Liu