Model Context Protocol (MCP)
ServiceModel Context Protocol (MCP) is an open specification that standardizes how AI agents communicate with external back-end services, databases, and tooling. It defines the message formats and server behaviors that let IDEs, CLIs, and autonomous agents reliably invoke tools, manage sessions, and enforce security policies.
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Salesforce goes headless: an execution layer for AI agents2026-04-17Salesforce launched Headless 360, an API-first layer that lets AI agents run Salesforce workflows and data wit...
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Anthropic decouples agent internals with Managed Agents, while MCP and measured ...2026-04-17Anthropic introduced a decoupled Managed Agents service that stabilizes agent interfaces while letting harness...
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Claude Code 2.1.111 lands Opus 4.7 xhigh, Auto mode upgrades, and cloud ultrarev...2026-04-17Anthropic shipped a sizable Claude Code update with smarter model controls, fewer permission nags, and a new m...
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Copilot turbulence: Pro trials paused while Copilot CLI ships 1.0.29–1.0.31 with...2026-04-17GitHub paused new Copilot Pro trials due to abuse while Copilot CLI shipped three rapid releases with agent/MC...
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OpenAI’s Agents SDK grows up: model-native harness + safe sandboxes, with SDKs a...2026-04-16OpenAI expanded its Agents SDK with a model-native harness and built-in sandbox execution, plus companion reli...
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Claude Code desktop rework ships with cloud-hosted Routines; v2.1.110 adds traci...2026-04-16Anthropic rebuilt Claude Code around parallel orchestration and previewed cloud-hosted Routines that run on a ...
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Microsoft’s “PostgreSQL Like a Pro” series teases AI migration in VS Code and Ho...2026-04-15Microsoft’s new “PostgreSQL Like a Pro” series showcases AI-assisted Oracle-to-Postgres migration in VS Code, ...
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AI agents are outrunning IAM; runtime authorization and API hardening move to fr...2026-04-15AI agents are outpacing IAM controls, forcing runtime authorization and tighter API security now. Curity anno...
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MCP is becoming the standard agent-to-backend bridge, with new tooling and a few...2026-04-11MCP is consolidating as the go-to bridge between AI agents and real backends, and the ecosystem just took a ta...
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Cursor 3 ships Bugbot learned rules and MCP support, but early 3.0 users report ...2026-04-10Cursor 3 brings smarter AI code review with learned rules and MCP integration, while some users hit stability ...