The cloud-native protocol position for the Model Context Protocol.
A canonical coordinate for cloud-hosted MCP protocol infrastructure — the natural address for managed protocol services, cloud-native MCP deployments, and protocol-level cloud tooling.
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
Agent · Cross-Vertical · 2 compound moats. Architectural surface: Agent, Protocol.
Layer position: Cross-cutting
Why this is canonical
MCP is a protocol; .cloud signals the hosted, managed, infrastructure-as-a-service layer. On .cloud, 'MCP protocol' names the precise position for cloud providers and infrastructure companies building managed MCP services — the protocol delivered as cloud infrastructure rather than self-hosted tooling.
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.