AI Skills
What is MCP? A Beginner's Guide
About this lesson
MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is the standard plug that lets AI work with your apps. This beginner lesson explains what MCP stands for, why it replaced a drawer of one-off connections, how an AI app and a connector talk, and how to stay in control of what AI can see and do.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Explain MCP as a USB-C style plug for AI
See how an AI app and a connector work together
Follow one request across Gmail and your calendar
Stay in control of what a connector can see and do
