everyone keeps saying MCP like i already know what it is. what is it, plain english
been trying every free tier to figure out whats worth paying for and this MCP thing shows up in every single thread. the docs are useless, all jargon pointing at more jargon. can someone just tell me what it actually does without assuming i already know 4 other acronyms. is it a plugin thing? and do i even need it as a normal person or is this a dev only thing
plain english... its a standard plug for tools. instead of every app inventing its own way to let the model call things, MCP is the shared socket so a model can talk to your postgres, your notion, your files the same way. thats it. the interesting part is all the ways the schema validation on those tools quietly doesnt hold, but you dont need that on day one.
ok the socket analogy finally made it click for me, thank you 🙏 i kept reading MCP docs and bouncing off the word protocol like it was some huge thing. so its basically usb for models talking to my tools? if thats right i finally get why people are hyped, that actually sounds super useful for the notion stuff i do