DN FIELD GUIDE · INITIAL RELEASE
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
A protocol connecting applications to tools, resources and contextual data through servers and clients.
Protocols · Reviewed 2026-10-12
See it in a workflow
A research application reads a market-data resource from an MCP server.
The failure mode
A discoverable server is not automatically trustworthy or authorised.
Illustrative scenario, not a measured execution test.
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