---
title: "What MCP Servers Actually Are"
short_title: "What MCP Servers Actually Are"
description: "Model Context Protocol: hands for the brain. The door out of the dark room."
label: ch03-1
tags: [ai, business, cognition-economy]
---

# What MCP Servers Actually Are

*Governance note: MCP is now stewarded by the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation, with an official public registry — see "Who Owns the Standard? MCP Grows Up" in Chapter 3.*

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*What MCP Servers Actually Are* — Chapter overview infographic. *(Coming soon.)*
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> *This chapter is scaffolded and ready for writing. Full content will be added in a subsequent session.*

*(Chapter coming soon.)*