Remote MCPs: What we learned from shipping — John Welsh, Anthropic
This talk discusses the challenges and solutions for implementing and scaling Message Communication Protocol (MCP) clients within a large organization. It highlights how the rapid evolution of AI models capable of tool calling led to integration chaos, with duplicated functionality and inconsistent interfaces across services. The solution proposed is to standardize on MCP for providing model context, treating it as a plumbing layer for integrations rather than a competitive differentiator.
World's Fair 2025 15 min