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title: "MCP: what it is and what we check · Specoria"
description: "An open protocol that connects AI applications to external tools and data; a store can offer an MCP server so agents can search products or check stock."
source_url: "https://specoria.com/agent-protocols/mcp/"
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AGENT PROTOCOL MAP Facts checked against their sources on October 8, 2026

# MCP: Model Context Protocol

An open protocol that connects AI applications to external tools and data; a store can offer an MCP server so agents can search products or check stock.

MCP

## At a glance

### Who runs it
Created by Anthropic; donated on 9 December 2025 to the Agentic AI Foundation, a fund under the Linux Foundation.

### Where it stands
Donated to the Agentic AI Foundation in December 2025; the current specification is version 2026-07-28.

Source: [Anthropic ↗](https://www.anthropic.com/news/donating-the-model-context-protocol-and-establishing-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation) · December 9, 2025

Source: [Model Context Protocol blog ↗](https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2026-07-28/) · July 28, 2026

### In Türkiye
An open specification with no country restrictions.

Source: [MCP specification ↗](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/) · October 8, 2026

Partly checked

## What our free test checks

Our free test: Partly checked

Reads /.well-known/mcp.json and /.well-known/mcp. A valid JSON object is shown as an MCP discovery file. We don’t connect to the server or run a handshake.

Requests (GET only)

- `/.well-known/mcp.json`
- `/.well-known/mcp`

Shown in the result as

- MCP discovery file

Our rules

## How the test treats protocols

- None of these affects the score. Adoption is still very low, so a missing file is information, not a fault.
- Only GET requests to the store’s own domain, small and short. We never call an endpoint, open a session, send a POST or place an order.
- A file counts only if it is a valid JSON object of the expected shape; a soft 404 page doesn’t count.
- Every request is listed on our crawler page, and you can ask to have your site excluded.

[Every request our crawler makes →](https://specoria.com/bot/)

Agent protocol map

## Keep reading

### Other protocols

[UCP](https://specoria.com/agent-protocols/ucp/) · [ACP](https://specoria.com/agent-protocols/acp/) · [WebMCP](https://specoria.com/agent-protocols/webmcp/) · [A2A](https://specoria.com/agent-protocols/a2a/) · [Web Bot Auth](https://specoria.com/agent-protocols/web-bot-auth/) · [llms.txt](https://specoria.com/agent-protocols/llms-txt/)

[All eight protocols on one page →](https://specoria.com/agent-protocols/)

## Does your store publish MCP?

The free test reads the files and signals on this page from your store, with GET requests only.

[Run the free test on your store →](https://specoria.com/#contact)[How the free test works →](https://specoria.com/method/)