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The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that connects AI models (clients) with external tools and data sources (servers). For local integrations, MCP can use a simple STDIO (standard input/output) transport, but for networked (remote) tools, it relies on HTTP-based communication.
Streamable HTTP is the modern HTTP transport introduced in MCP to handle streaming interactions between clients and servers. It was released in early 2025 as an evolution of the earlier HTTP+SSE approach, addressing its shortcomings. In essence,…
