Model Context Protocol Specification

Why it matters for NETEVO

MCP is the current dominant tool-binding protocol the Agent Infrastructure Whitepaper cites. Every NETEVO client integrating an LLM with external tools or data sources after late 2025 has either adopted MCP or is making a deliberate decision to use something else; the specification is the single most consequential agentic-AI interoperability artefact published in the period.

MCP is the load-bearing protocol-level anchor for Bounded SaaS / Unbounded Agents. The bounded SaaS layer publishes a tool surface; the unbounded agent consumes that surface through MCP. Where the NETEVO coinage names the conceptual split, MCP specifies the protocol-level interface where the split is realised — making the coinage operationalisable rather than abstract.

A licence and governance note: the project is transitioning from MIT to Apache-2.0, and the copyright holder is Model Context Protocol a Series of LF Projects, LLC. MCP is now governed as a Linux Foundation project, not an Anthropic-controlled spec — this matters for NETEVO clients evaluating vendor concentration risk under prudential operational-risk standards. A release candidate dated 2026-07-28 is locked; final publication scheduled 28 July 2026.