By skyforbes 
We often hear about major partnerships between OpenAI and large software vendors like Figma and Atlassian. While adding support for these tools directly into ChatGPT is a significant development, the adoption rate can be slow, with support still limited to a handful of applications and global rollouts taking even more time.
Fortunately, OpenAI has recently introduced support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This opens the door for almost any application — whether open-source or proprietary — to be integrated into your ChatGPT experience with just a few clicks. This integration works not only in desktop applications but also directly in your browser.
I have discussed this technology previously on my blog and here on Medium.
With this protocol, you can now perform tasks like this with a simple command:
“Get the latest X, Instagram, and Facebook posts from Anthropic, summarize them, create a blog post, and send it by email.”
To accomplish tasks like these, you only need to identify the right tools and find their corresponding MCP server. For example:
- To scrape Instagram, you might use an Apify or Bright Data MCP server.
- To send an email, you would need a service like a Gmail MCP server.