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Learn MCP in five plain steps
A learning path for owners and developers, plus every write-up on this site about MCP in real business tools.
Quick answer
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets an AI assistant such as Claude use your tools through a small server you control. Start with one read-only tool, add permissions and logging, then host it behind sign-in. We build MCP servers from $3,500.
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Staff asks
Claude, ChatGPT
Assistant picks tool
MCP client
Server checks
auth and scope
Your system
CRM, store, files
Approve writes
review step
Learning path
Five steps, in order
Step 1
What MCP is
A standard way for AI assistants like Claude or ChatGPT to call tools you choose. The assistant asks, your server decides and answers.
Glossary: Model Context ProtocolStep 2
Tools, resources and prompts
A server offers tools (actions), resources (data to read) and prompts (saved instructions). Start with one read-only tool.
Step 3
Permissions first
Give each tool the smallest access it needs. Read-only before write. Writes go through an approval step.
Agent governance rulesStep 4
Test it like a user
Run the server locally, connect one assistant, and try the odd questions staff would ask. Log every call.
Step 5
Host and monitor
Put the server behind auth, watch error rates, and version tools so assistants do not break when you change them.
MCP server development
Write-ups
MCP in real business tools
How to connect your CRM to Claude with MCP, step by step
Connect HubSpot to Claude in minutes with the official connector, or build a custom MCP connection. Steps, permissions, limits and safe settings.
Google Connected Apps for Gemini and Search
Google's Connected Apps Platform puts your service inside Gemini and Search through an MCP server. What to expose, how review works, and when to wait.
Salesforce will meter outside AI agents: what to do
Salesforce plans to require registration for outside AI agents and meter their API and MCP calls in Flex Credits. What changes and what to do now.
Claude Code MCP Tasks: long jobs and approval prompts
Claude Code now runs long MCP tool jobs as server tasks that survive exit and can stop to ask you a question. What it means for business tools you connect.
Framer MCP: Letting an AI Agent Edit Your Business Website
Framer MCP lets Claude, Codex or Cursor edit pages, CMS and SEO on a Framer site. What it can touch, how branches help, and when it is not worth it.
Webflow MCP Server: What AI Agents Can Change on Your Site
Webflow's MCP server now works with Gemini, Claude and ChatGPT and reads Analyze, Optimize and AEO data. What agents can do and what to lock down.
Shopify Shop MCP: What Store Owners Should Check
Shopify's Shop MCP lets any AI agent search the Shopify Catalog and check out with Shop Pay. What store owners should check and what builders must handle.
Mercury MCP: AI Payment Requests You Approve
Mercury's MCP lets ChatGPT or Claude request payments and transfers that you approve in Mercury. What to set up, what can go wrong, and who it suits.
Bloomberg Enterprise MCP: governed finance data for AI agents
Bloomberg Enterprise MCP (Sept 29, 2026) gives agents governed access to licensed Data License Plus market data with metadata, Skills, and entitlements.
OpenAI Agents API: hosted Codex harness with MCP
OpenAI Agents API public beta: hosted Codex harness with native MCP, choose OpenAI or self-hosted sandbox, and when OpenClaw or Hermes still fit.
Google Cloud API Gateway: turn REST into MCP tools
Google Cloud API Gateway Public Preview: annotate OpenAPI 3.x so REST ops become MCP tools on /mcp, sharing auth and quota with no separate MCP host.
Databricks Genie One MCP: governed data answers for any MCP agent
Databricks made the Genie One MCP server generally available on September 22, 2026. Any MCP client can ask Genie One a business question and get an answer scoped to the caller's Unity Catalog permissions, governed through Unity Gateway. Here is how it works, how it fits beside a self-hosted OpenClaw or Hermes agent, and what to check first.
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