MCP 101: connecting your agent to everything

MCP — the Model Context Protocol — is a standard way to plug external tools into an AI agent. Each MCP server exposes actions (like 'run a query' or 'upload a file') that the agent can call while building.

In practice this means your agent isn't limited to writing code: it can read your database schema, check your analytics, or create records in your CRM as part of the build.

To use one, add the MCP server to your project and describe what you want in chat. The agent discovers the available tools and calls them when needed.

Start with one integration — your database or your file storage — and expand from there once you see the pattern.