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MCP & IDE context

Give an editor a narrow, inspectable path to knowledge.

MCP-related context is most useful when the team has already decided which records and capabilities it wants to share. This topic focuses on that preparation: compact knowledge packs, repository conventions, and the tradeoff between local files and a separately operated tool interface.

A shared server is not a requirement for every project. The guides below begin with reviewable context and add a tool boundary only when it serves a clear purpose. They do not claim that this website hosts an MCP service or automatically connects to an editor.

Read the AI IDE article for the protocol reference and knowledge-pack design, then use the Cursor article to connect reviewed records with a small code change. The developer workflow collection keeps those ideas together. The docs explain the catalog format that an application could choose to expose through an approved lookup capability.

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