What is MCP?
Model Context Protocol. An open standard that lets an AI editor connect to external tools, APIs, and databases so the AI can call them directly from the editor.
one standard plug · any tool
MCP lets an AI editor connect to...
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
Use the Linear MCP server. Create a ticket for this bug, set priority to high, and assign it to the mobile team.
In the illustration
Three different tool modules plug in with the same standard plug; the editor sends one call down the cable and the ticket printer issues a bug ticket marked HIGH.
Connect the database through MCP in your coding agent, then ask for the ten slowest queries from last week with their call counts.
Try it now
The fastest way to learn a word is to use it. Open this line in the agent you already work in and watch what it does. Change the tool to the one you use.
Go further
01Practice
Make it stick
One term a day, a short quiz, and sentence practice that checks your own words.
02Verify
Prove you know it
Pass the quiz and keep it in a Skills Wallet you can share with anyone who needs proof.
03Career
Find the work that uses it
See which roles lean on this vocabulary, and what they pay in year one.
Learn the next term tomorrow.
Google gives a definition. Prompthaus pairs each term with how it shows up in standups, PRs, prompts, and design reviews. Then it quizzes you until the word sticks. One term a day on iPhone.
