The MCP protocol is the connective tissue for many open source AI workflows—yet is often treated as a black box. Here’s a developer’s-eye primer on why MCP matters, how it relates to A2A and CLI adapters, and where runtimes like apcore step up to fill governance, audit, and multi-protocol gaps. ...
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/tercelyi/demystifying-the-mcp-protocol-for-open-source-ai-39da)