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History of the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

History of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Origins (mid-2024) MCP started as an internal fix for an annoyance. In July 2024, Anthropic engineer David Soria Parra got tired of manually copying answers…

  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) created by Anthropic engineers in mid-2024
  • Officially launched in November 2024 as open standard for AI-tool integration
  • Donated to Agentic AI Foundation in December 2025, becoming vendor-neutral

Agent memory and questions to ask

Tell a coding agent that your project runs tests with npm test . Start a new session and ask it how to run the tests. It answers correctly. Good first result.

  • Evaluate agent memory by testing recall of specific instructions based on historical notes.
  • Agent should correctly identify September 10 maintainer note as source of current command for Atlas.

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