Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now lets developers scaffold a working MCP server in minutes. Here's what that looks like in practice -- including the parts that don't work, and a simpler ...

The module targets Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Continue, and Windsurf. It also harvests API keys for nine large language models (LLM) providers: ...

As more organizations configure MCP servers to support agent-to-agent communication, upfront strategy, nonfunctional requirements, and security non-negotiables will guide safer deployments.

MCP, short for Model Context Protocol, allows AI assistants like Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s ChatGPT to directly connect with the apps and retrieve real-time information. This allows any AI ...