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MCP's explosive growth in 2025 is turning Claude into an AI that can actually operate your work environment — not just chat with you.
Sophie Marlowe
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June 03, 2026
When Anthropic open-sourced MCP (Model Context Protocol) in late 2024, the industry response was relatively measured — another AI integration standard, who knew how far it would go. But by mid-2025, the MCP ecosystem's expansion speed had exceeded most predictions.
According to Anthropic's official GitHub MCP Server directory, available Servers crossed the 1,000 mark in 2025, covering tools from development tools (GitHub, Jira, Linear) to productivity tools (Notion, Google Workspace,...