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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...