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title: "MCP"
sidebarTitle: "Overview"
description: Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol that enables secure connections between AI assistants and data sources.
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<Card title="Model Context Protocol" href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/" icon="globe" horizontal>
  Open protocol for AI assistant integrations
</Card>

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  <Card href="/docs/phoenix/integrations/typescript/mcp/mcp-tracing-typescript" title="MCP Tracing (TypeScript)" icon="plug" description="TypeScript MCP tracing"/>
  <Card href="/docs/phoenix/integrations/python/mcp-tracing" title="MCP Tracing (Python)" icon="plug" description="Python MCP tracing"/>
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