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I wish there was a clear spec on the site but there isn't https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-03-26

It seems like half of it is Sonnet output and it doesn't describe how the protocol actually works.

For all its warts, the GraphQL spec is very well written https://spec.graphql.org/October2021/

I didn’t believe you before clicking the link, but hot damn. That reads like the ideas I scribbled down in school about all the cool projects I could build. There is literally zero substance in there. Amazing.

I thought it was just me. When I first saw all the hype around MCP I went to go read this mess and still have no idea what MCP even is.

It's JSON-RCP 2 with a specific life cycle and events. https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification

I found an explanation on a site once but haven't found any official docs. I suppose you could reverse enegiener the SDKs.

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