In this episode, Daniel and Chris unpack the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a rising standard for enabling agentic AI interactions with external systems, APIs, and data sources. They explore how MCP supports interoperability, community contributions, and a rapidly developing ecosystem of AI integrations. The conversation also highlights some real-world tooling such as FastAPI-MCP.

Featuring: Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X Daniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, X Links: Protocol website Anthropic blog post Blog post - Model Context Protocol (MCP) an overview FastAPI-MCP How to Use FastAPI MCP Server: A Complete Guide Candle (Rust framework)