Hello, can someone explain what are MCP servers and AI agents pls, saw these trendy terms
#What are MCP servers and AI agents?
fair prism
slow creek
Very simply put AI Agents are specialised AI like an AI that specialises specifically in Maths or Law.
MCP Servers are servers that provide the knowledge and actions to the AI to specialise or do actions. So for example an MCP for Browser would give your AI access to use a browser
dire briar
Not familiar with mcp servers, but just want to clear things up on AI agents.
Think of AI you're familiar with - likely LLM's like ChatGPT. This type of AI can be thought of as a brain in the sense that it will predict text, solve math problems, etc. But, it will only do what you ask it to do. In other words, it cannot act proactively - it needs you to prompt it.
Think of an agent as a functioning body built around the same brain. Once given a goal, it can run unattended—planning steps, using external tools and resources, and looping until it either succeeds or fails.
vagrant frigate
To add to other answers, MCP (Model Context Protocol) are basically a bridge between AI models and external tools. Here is an extensive list of open-source MCPs (if you like to understand things with code): https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers
The list gives great examples of what MCPs are and what they can achieve. 🙂