Model Context Protocol Specification

Our summary

The open protocol standardizing how LLM applications connect to external tools and data — JSON-RPC messages, stateful connections, and explicit client/server capability negotiation (the 'handshake').

Why it matters

The contract an integration test must hold the system to: the handshake, tool schemas, and capability negotiation are exactly the deterministic seams that break silently.

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