The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an emerging open standard designed to help machines understand and use APIs. In this talk, you’ll get a practical introduction to MCP from a .NET perspective.

We’ll explore how MCP works, what problems it solves, and how it fits into the future of AI-native applications.

You’ll learn how to expose services using MCP, how to provide semantics, capabilities, and contextual metadata to clients - and why this matters when building intelligent tools powered by LLMs.

If you’re a .NET developer curious about agentic systems, semantic APIs, or the future of API integration, this talk will get you started with confidence.