MCP
Peak · emerged November 2024 · high May 2026 · +2% on the month before · 172 mentions on Trending in 14 days
Model Context Protocol: an open standard for connecting models and agents to tools and data sources. Named by Anthropic: Introducing the Model Context Protocol (Nov 25, 2024). Also called Model Context Protocol, MCP server, MCP servers.
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Signals
Hacker News stories, last 12 months2,805 stories, +42% on the 12 months before
arXiv papers, last 12 months450 papers, +181% on the 12 months before
Wikipedia views, October 202647,600, -10% on a year beforeProduct releases naming it624 since Feb 19, 2026GitHub repositories30,575Conferences about it6| Signal | Reads as | |
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| Hacker News stories, last 12 months2,805 stories, +42% on the 12 months before | 2,805 stories, +42% on the 12 months before | Adoption |
| arXiv papers, last 12 months450 papers, +181% on the 12 months before | 450 papers, +181% on the 12 months before | Adoption |
| Wikipedia views, October 202647,600, -10% on a year before | 47,600, -10% on a year before | Decline |
| Product releases naming it624 since Feb 19, 2026 | 624 since Feb 19, 2026 | Adoption |
| GitHub repositories30,575 | 30,575 | Adoption |
| Conferences about it6 | 6 | Adoption |
Trending terms
| Term | PeakPeak score | ||
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| Nov 54 days ago | 22 | 34 |
Companies
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| 70 | |
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Releases
624 releases since Feb 19, 2026| Name | |
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| Oct 30, 202610 days ago | |
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| Oct 28, 202612 days ago | |
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Papers
| Name | |
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| Jan 31, 20269 months ago | |
| Oct 1, 20251 year ago | |
| Aug 20, 20251 year ago |
GitHub projects
30,575 repositoriesmodelcontextprotocol/serversModel Context Protocol Serversmodelcontextprotocol/python-sdkThe official Python SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clientsmicrosoft/mcp-for-beginnersThis open-source curriculum introduces the fundamentals of Model Context Protocol (MCP) through real-world, cross-language examples in .NET,modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdkThe official TypeScript SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clientshangwin/mcp-chromeChrome MCP Server is a Chrome extension-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes your Chrome browser functionality to AI assistadata-org/fastapi_mcpExpose your FastAPI endpoints as Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, with Auth!
| Name | Stars | |
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| modelcontextprotocol/serversModel Context Protocol Servers · Nov 19, 2024 1 year ago | Nov 19, 20241 year ago | 90,955 |
| modelcontextprotocol/python-sdkThe official Python SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients · Sep 24, 2024 2 years ago | Sep 24, 20242 years ago | 24,452 |
| microsoft/mcp-for-beginnersThis open-source curriculum introduces the fundamentals of Model Context Protocol (MCP) through real-world, cross-language examples in .NET, · Apr 4, 2025 1 year ago | Apr 4, 20251 year ago | 17,382 |
| modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdkThe official TypeScript SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients · Sep 24, 2024 2 years ago | Sep 24, 20242 years ago | 13,501 |
| hangwin/mcp-chromeChrome MCP Server is a Chrome extension-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes your Chrome browser functionality to AI assis · Jun 9, 2025 1 year ago | Jun 9, 20251 year ago | 12,458 |
| tadata-org/fastapi_mcpExpose your FastAPI endpoints as Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, with Auth! · Mar 8, 2025 1 year ago | Mar 8, 20251 year ago | 12,013 |
Partnerships
| Name | |
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| Aug 13, 20262 months ago | |
| Jul 30, 20263 months ago | |
| Sep 23, 20251 year ago |
Conferences
6 conferencesAGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2027London, United KingdomAGNTCon + MCPCon North America 2027San Francisco, SF Bay Area, CAAgentics Day: MCP + Agents North America 2026Salt Lake City, UTAGNTCon + MCPCon North America 2026San Jose, SF Bay Area, CAMCP Dev Summit Toronto 2026Toronto, CanadaMCP Community Connect Bengaluru 2026Bengaluru, India
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| AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2027London, United Kingdom · Sep 15, 2027 in 10 months | Sep 15, 2027in 10 months |
| AGNTCon + MCPCon North America 2027San Francisco, SF Bay Area, CA · Apr 28, 2027 in 5 months | Apr 28, 2027in 5 months |
| Agentics Day: MCP + Agents North America 2026Salt Lake City, UT · Nov 9, 2026 today | Nov 9, 2026today |
| AGNTCon + MCPCon North America 2026San Jose, SF Bay Area, CA · Oct 22, 2026 2 weeks ago | Oct 22, 20262 weeks ago |
| MCP Dev Summit Toronto 2026Toronto, Canada · Oct 5, 2026 5 weeks ago | Oct 5, 20265 weeks ago |
| MCP Community Connect Bengaluru 2026Bengaluru, India · Sep 26, 2026 6 weeks ago | Sep 26, 20266 weeks ago |
Related movements
AI agentsModels that plan and act in steps, calling tools and other services until a task is done.Agentic codingCoding agents that read a repository, run commands and tests, and change code across files on their own.Context engineeringDeciding what goes into a model's context window, and in what order: instructions, retrieved documents, tools and memory.
| Movement | Stage |
|---|---|
| AI agentsModels that plan and act in steps, calling tools and other services until a task is done. | Rising |
| Agentic codingCoding agents that read a repository, run commands and tests, and change code across files on their own. | Rising |
| Context engineeringDeciding what goes into a model's context window, and in what order: instructions, retrieved documents, tools and memory. | Plateau |
History
Tracking started: emerged November 2024, peak, 3 other names recorded
| Date | What changed |
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| Sep 24, 2026 | Tracking started: emerged November 2024, peak, 3 other names recorded |
Sources: Curve: Hacker News story titles, Wikipedia pageviews and arXiv papers by month, refreshed Nov 1, 2026. Related entities from the other Glyph Ibis sources' public APIs, matched by name. How stages work.