The cloud-layer API position for the Model Context Protocol.
A protocol-meets-API coordinate on the cloud TLD — the canonical address for hosted, cloud-native MCP API infrastructure and services.
Matched pair · sold together
Held and transacted as one position. A matched .app + .cloud pair forecloses its own most common confusable — one coordinate, not two names.
Coordinated sets this position belongs to — the coverage it extends. Counts are the live cluster size in the graph.
Primary home
Also appears in
Architectural context
Protocol · Cross-Vertical · 2 compound moats. Architectural surface: Protocol. Cross-cutting: API.
Layer position: Meta-category (L3)
Why this is canonical
MCP is the emerging standard for agent-tool connectivity; 'API' names the integration layer; '.cloud' signals hosted, scalable infrastructure rather than local tooling. Together they position this as the natural home for cloud-hosted MCP API gateways, managed integrations, and infrastructure-as-a-service offerings built on the protocol.
Where it fits
A few directions this coordinate opens —
Illustrative, not exhaustive — held as a transferable canonical position, open to the buyer's own use.