MCP: Connecting Agents to Tools

Model Context Protocol

Standardized LLM-to-tool communication.

Key Benefits

MCP Flow

Agent: "Check OSPF neighbors"

↓ MCP API Call ↓

MCP: Execute show ip ospf neighbor

↓ Structured Response ↓

{"neighbors": [{"id": "2.2.2.2"}]}

↓ LLM Analysis ↓

Agent: "Neighbor healthy"