What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)?

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard created by Anthropic that enables AI models to securely connect with external tools, data sources, and services.

MCP provides a standardized way for AI assistants like Claude to interact with APIs, databases, and business applications without custom integration code for each connection. In the context of company formation, MCP allows your AI assistant to access formation services, check state requirements, draft documents, and execute filings directly from your development environment or chat interface. Lovie's Formation MCP server exposes company formation, compliance monitoring, and banking operations as MCP tools, meaning founders can form a company, file their BOI report, and open a bank account entirely through conversational AI interaction.