The Rise of MCP and Apple’s AI Framework Vision | Fatbobman’s Swift Weekly #077

The Rise of MCP and Apple’s AI Framework Vision

Recently, across social networks, an increasing number of Model Context Protocol (MCP) users have been showcasing a diverse range of applications — from controlling Blender to create beautiful scenes to using the latest GPT-4o images to build complete comic stories. MCP has cleverly opened a gateway between large language models that primarily interact through text and the real world.

Last week, with OpenAI’s announcement of Agent SDK’s official support for MCP, it marked MCP’s establishment as the de facto standard for communication between large models and real-world tools.

Although the MCP protocol itself isn’t particularly complex, implementing a server, configuring it properly, and crafting effective prompts still require overcoming notable technical hurdles. In the coming months, MCP is likely to remain a powerful tool for professionals and tech enthusiasts. One important consideration is that its security relies entirely on the user’s own judgment, making it a nontrivial challenge to integrate MCP seamlessly into the daily workflows and lives of typical users.

Considering Apple’s recent announcement postponing the “More Personalized Siri” feature…