• AWS Open Source Blog Shaping the future of MCP: AWS’s commitment and vision AWS is excited to continue our support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) as it moves under the Linux Foundation. • This move enables us, our partners, and our customers to be more confident in the long-term success of the protocol which has become a standard component of agentic architectures. • By open sourcing MCP in 2024, Anthropic enabled the project’s widespread development and adoption. • Under neutral governance at the Linux Foundation, developers can continue to build and innovate with MCP with the knowledge that no single company will dictate its future direction. • In the past year since the protocol was first released, AI agents have changed the way builders interact with software. • MCP has changed how agents interact with the world.
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- AWS is reinforcing its support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as the standard for agent‑based software, now moving the protocol under the Linux Foundation’s neutral governance. By open‑sourcing MCP in 2024, Anthropic and AWS have broadened community development, and AWS has contributed key features such as Tasks (asynchronous “call‑now, fetch‑later” execution), human‑in‑the‑loop “Elicitations,” and structured tool output. AWS has built open‑source MCP servers and integrated the protocol into its Amazon Bedrock AgentCore service, enabling customers to deploy their own MCP servers. The company plans to deepen its contributions and invite additional partners to accelerate MCP’s evolution.
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