Anthropic launches the MCP Apps open spec, in Claude.ai
Anthropic releases the MCP Apps open spec in Claude.ai, developed alongside OpenAI, Block, VS Code, JetBrains, and AWS to standardise interoperable applications with rich UI.
Anthropic has officially absorbed the independent MCP UI project and, collaborating with OpenAI, Block, VS Code, Antigravity, JetBrains, and AWS, released the MCP Apps spec and official support in Claude.ai. This standard aims to enable a rich ecosystem of interoperable applications with rich UI, addressing the proliferation of subscription services. Meanwhile, NVIDIA introduced ToolOrchestra with an 8B orchestrator model trained via scalable reinforcement learning for efficient agent orchestration.
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