One of travel's small headaches: every country has different sockets, and your bag fills up with adapters. AI used to be like that.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open protocol released in November 2024 that standardizes how AI apps connect to tools and data.
The math: 5 AI apps and 10 tools without a standard need 5 × 10 = 50 custom connectors. With MCP, each tool becomes one server and each app supports MCP once: 5 + 10 = 15. Multiplication becomes addition.
Once connected, AI can read folders you choose, query databases, drive a browser, and work with calendars and notes.
3 safety habits: connect only trusted servers; grant only what's needed (one folder, not your whole drive); review and remove unused connections.
MCP turns AI from "can chat" into "can do", and that makes permissions matter more. Which tool would you plug in first?
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(Some images AI-generated)
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연결 수를 5×10에서 5+10으로 줄여 설명한 비유가 명확하네요. 권한도 서버 단위에서 끝내지 않고 읽기·쓰기 도구별로 나누면, 같은 폴더에 연결해도 조회와 수정의 위험을 따로 검토할 수 있겠습니다.