Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol that standardizes how applications provide context and additional functionality to large language models. MCP functions as a client-server protocol, where the client, for example an application like Gordon, sends requests, and the server processes those requests to deliver the necessary context to the AI. This context may be gathered by the MCP server by executing code to perform an action and retrieving the result, calling external APIs, or other similar operations.

Gordon, along with other MCP clients like Claude Desktop or Cursor, can interact with MCP servers running as containers.