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Beginner's Guide to the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

𝚂𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚒 on April 28, 2025

Started by Anthropic for its Claude AI in November 2024. MCP, which stands for Model Context Protocol, has taken over the AI world. Everyone is tr...
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fmerian •

interacting with your database (with Supabase), your content (with DEV), managing feature flags and access (with Bucket)... it really is an great time to build!

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𝚂𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚒 Apideck •

Yes, indeed. To MCP 🥂

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Arindam Majumder •
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𝚂𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚒 Apideck •

Awesome mate! 🔥

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Nevo David •

Pretty cool seeing MCP come together like this, but man the security stuff gives me a bit of pause- you think regular folks are ever actually gonna take all those extra steps to lock things down, or does convenience always win out?

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𝚂𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚒 Apideck •

Well in production and when dealing with sensitive data, yes. Everyone has to secure things up and then try.
For someone vibe coding MCPs well ... 😂

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Kevin Asutton •

good post

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𝚂𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚒 Apideck •

Thank you!

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Juraj •

Thanks for clearing this up for me 🙌

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𝚂𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚒 Apideck •

I'm glad that the post was helpful 😁

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Rob •

Nice read, thanks for the explanation.

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𝚂𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚒 Apideck •

You're welcome.
How are you planning to use MCPs?

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Faith •

Nice!

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𝚂𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚒 Apideck •

Thanks

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fast-d3v •

Really awesome. Now make a list of 10 best MCP servers 🔥

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𝚂𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚒 Apideck •

Only if you share your best MCP servers that you're using.