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17. Connecting Systems with MCP (The Stateless Wire Protocol)
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In Episode 17 of Beyond Prompting , author Sho Shimoda breaks down the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—the open standard that connects Claude Code to external systems like ticket trackers, wikis, and databases. We explore how MCP replaces custom one-off integrations with a universal wire protocol, and examine the major 2026 specification revision. In this episode, we cover: The Three Primitives: Distinguishing between Tools (model-controlled functions), Resources (application-controlled context and documents), and Prompts (user-controlled command templates). The July 2026 Protocol Shift: How the updated MCP specification (2026-07-28) eliminated connection handshakes (initialize) and persistent…