MCP's outlook for the next six months

Written by
Clara Bennett
Updated on:July-11th-2025
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In-depth analysis of MCP technology architecture and prediction of future trends.

Core content:
1. The core elements of MCP technology and the division of its controllers
2. Comparative analysis of MCP and RAG mainstream models
3. Possible evolution of MCP's layered design and analysis of its advantages in the future

Yang Fangxian
Founder of 53AI/Most Valuable Expert of Tencent Cloud (TVP)

1. I read an analysis of MCP, especially in terms of division of authority and control.

The MCP server distributes three elements to different controllers:

① Prompts: Controlled by the user, the programmer provides options that the user can inject into the LLM.
② Resources: Managed by the application (AI engineer), which determines how the data is used. LLM does not automatically intervene.
③ Tools: Controlled by LLM, the server provides a list of tools, and LLM selects and calls them independently.

2. This is RAG, which is the current mainstream mode

3. The subsequent evolution will become a layered design : the architecture diagram is divided into three layers:

①Client layer (upstream caller, such as end users Claude, Cursor, Cline, etc.).

② Service layer (core infrastructure, including MCP servers for unified identity authentication, authorization, service discovery, etc.)

③Data/storage layer (backend data storage that supports billing, authentication, and logging).

PS: The biggest advantage of MCP is that it decouples systems in large projects, and teams can work independently without interfering with the main agent development ( later protocols can be streamed HTTP as MCP services ). Friends who are interested are welcome to add friends to communicate. Follow the official account and reply "SwirlAI" to view the original text.