Canva launched Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for its developer platform last month. Its use of MCP over AI agents provides a preview of what developers might expect in the near future from companies that host their own app marketplaces. It also shows how MCP could be a game-changer for building apps.
MCP is an emerging open standard from Anthropic that provides a way for AI models to interact with external data sources and tools. Think of it as a universal language and set of rules that allow a large language model to talk to systems…