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- Model Context Protocol (MCP) anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol
- MCP Documentation docs.claude.com/en/docs/mcp
- MCP GitHub Repository github.com/modelcontextprotocol
- Claude Desktop Extensions One-click MCP server installation for Claude Desktop anthropic.com/engineering/desktop-extensions
- Getting Started with Custom Connectors Using Remote MCP support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-getting-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp
- ChatGPT Developer mode platform.openai.com/docs/guides/developer-mode
- Simon Willison on MCP Security simonwillison.net
- Apps and Services
- Smithery.ai smithery.ai
- Zapier MCP Integration zapier.com
- Shortwave Email Client shortwave.com
- Notion MCP Server https://www.notion.so/
- Club MacStories on MCP
- HyperContext club.macstories.net/posts/hypercontext
- Behind the Scenes of My iOS and iPadOS 26 Review club.macstories.net/posts/behind-the-scenes-of-my-ios-and-ipados-26-review
- Why I Landed on Shortwave for Email and Stuck with It club.macstories.net/posts/why-i-landed-on-shortwave-for-email-and-stuck-with-it
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Making Sense of MCP
14:10 - The MCP Backstory
19:26 - A Word of Caution
20:20 - MCP Adoption by Other Companies
25:36 - MCP Integrations in Non-AI Company Apps
34:56 - MCP's Mobile Potential
Links and Show Notes
- Background
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol
- MCP Documentation docs.claude.com/en/docs/mcp
- MCP GitHub Repository github.com/modelcontextprotocol
- Claude Desktop Extensions One-click MCP server installation for Claude Desktop anthropic.com/engineering/desktop-extensions
- Getting Started with Custom Connectors Using Remote MCP support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-getting-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp
- ChatGPT Developer mode platform.openai.com/docs/guides/developer-mode
- Simon Willison on MCP Security simonwillison.net
- Apps and Services
- Smithery.ai smithery.ai
- Zapier MCP Integration zapier.com
- Shortwave Email Client shortwave.com
- Notion MCP Server https://www.notion.so/
- Club MacStories on MCP
- HyperContext club.macstories.net/posts/hypercontext
- Behind the Scenes of My iOS and iPadOS 26 Review club.macstories.net/posts/behind-the-scenes-of-my-ios-and-ipados-26-review
- Why I Landed on Shortwave for Email and Stuck with It club.macstories.net/posts/why-i-landed-on-shortwave-for-email-and-stuck-with-it
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Making Sense of MCP
14:10 - The MCP Backstory
19:26 - A Word of Caution
20:20 - MCP Adoption by Other Companies
25:36 - MCP Integrations in Non-AI Company Apps
34:56 - MCP's Mobile Potential
