{"id":"tuhi-assistant.what-is-mcp","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-is-mcp","category":{"id":"tuhi-assistant","title":"Tuhi, your storage assistant"},"subcategory":{"id":"ai-access","title":"AI access for other assistants"},"question":"What does MCP mean in Storage Studio's settings?","alt_questions":["What is the Model Context Protocol?","What does MCP stand for?","MCP meaning","Do I need to understand MCP to use AI access?"],"short_answer":"MCP stands for Model Context Protocol, an open standard AI tools use to connect to apps. Storage Studio supports it so compatible assistants can read your storage; Settings → Connections gives you a ready-to-paste snippet.","answer_markdown":"MCP stands for **Model Context Protocol** — an open standard AI tools use to connect to apps and the information they help you with. Because Storage Studio supports it, any assistant that also supports MCP can read your storage picture through the same simple setup.\n\nYou don't need to know the details: the **Connections** tab in Settings gives you a ready-to-paste snippet for your assistant.","answer_html":"<p>MCP stands for <strong>Model Context Protocol</strong> — an open standard AI tools use to connect to apps and the information they help you with. Because Storage Studio supports it, any assistant that also supports MCP can read your storage picture through the same simple setup.</p>\n<p>You don&#39;t need to know the details: the <strong>Connections</strong> tab in Settings gives you a ready-to-paste snippet for your assistant.</p>","answer_text":"MCP stands for Model Context Protocol — an open standard AI tools use to connect to apps and the information they help you with. Because Storage Studio supports it, any assistant that also supports MCP can read your storage picture through the same simple setup.\n\nYou don't need to know the details: the Connections tab in Settings gives you a ready-to-paste snippet for your assistant.","tags":["mcp","ai access"],"related":[{"id":"tuhi-assistant.what-is-ai-access","question":"What is AI access in Storage Studio?","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-is-ai-access"},{"id":"tuhi-assistant.how-do-i-turn-on-ai-access","question":"How do I turn on AI access and connect Claude Desktop?","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/how-do-i-turn-on-ai-access"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"What does MCP mean in Storage Studio's settings? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"MCP stands for Model Context Protocol, an open standard AI tools use to connect to apps. Storage Studio supports it so compatible assistants can read your storage; Settings → Connections gives you a ready-to-paste snippet.","crumbs":[{"name":"Home","path":"/"},{"name":"FAQ","path":"/faq/"},{"name":"Tuhi, your storage assistant","path":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/"},{"name":"What does MCP mean in Storage Studio's settings?","path":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-is-mcp"}],"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-is-mcp","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-10-01","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What does MCP mean in Storage Studio's settings?","alternateName":["What is the Model Context Protocol?","What does MCP stand for?","MCP meaning","Do I need to understand MCP to use AI access?"],"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"MCP stands for Model Context Protocol — an open standard AI tools use to connect to apps and the information they help you with. Because Storage Studio supports it, any assistant that also supports MCP can read your storage picture through the same simple setup.\n\nYou don't need to know the details: the Connections tab in Settings gives you a ready-to-paste snippet for your assistant.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-is-mcp"}}]},"fragment":"<div class=\"wrap fl-wrap\"><div class=\"fl-layout\"><aside class=\"fl-side\" aria-label=\"FAQ topics\"><details open><summary>All topics</summary><ul class=\"fl-tree\"><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/\">Getting started</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/freeing-space/\">Freeing up space</a> <span>182</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/moving-folders/\">Moving folders</a> <span>144</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/apps/\">Apps</a> <span>146</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/external-drives/\">External drives</a> <span>169</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/finder-location/\">Finding things in Finder</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/\">Cloud accounts</a> <span>158</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/icloud/\">iCloud &amp; iCloud Photos</a> <span>168</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/data-transfers/\">Data Transfers</a> <span>119</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/backups/\">Backups &amp; restore points</a> <span>126</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/delta-drive/\">Delta Drive, Delta Trust &amp; My Drive</a> <span>125</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/bridge-devices/\">Bridge &amp; your devices</a> <span>111</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/duplicates/\">Duplicate files</a> <span>74</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/junk-yard/\">Junk Yard</a> <span>113</span></li><li class=\"fl-open\"><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/\" aria-current=\"true\">Tuhi, your storage assistant</a> <span>105</span><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#about-tuhi\">About Tuhi</a> <span>9</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#asking\">Asking Tuhi</a> <span>8</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#what-tuhi-knows\">What Tuhi knows</a> <span>29</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#apple-intelligence\">Apple Intelligence</a> <span>6</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#privacy\">Privacy and history</a> <span>11</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#actions\">What Tuhi can do for you</a> <span>6</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#support\">Contacting support</a> <span>12</span></li><li class=\"fl-on\"><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#ai-access\">AI access for other assistants</a> <span>17</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#troubleshooting\">When Tuhi doesn&#39;t help</a> <span>7</span></li></ul></li><li><a href=\"/faq/settings/\">Settings &amp; keep-time</a> <span>88</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/performance-battery/\">Performance &amp; battery</a> <span>62</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/privacy-safety/\">Privacy &amp; safety</a> <span>85</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/\">Licensing &amp; payments</a> <span>131</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/\">Troubleshooting &amp; messages</a> <span>180</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/comparisons/\">Comparisons &amp; alternatives</a> <span>75</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/mac-storage-basics/\">Mac storage basics</a> <span>315</span></li></ul></details></aside><div class=\"fl-main\"><nav class=\"fl-crumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ol><li><a href=\"/\">Home</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/\">FAQ</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/\">Tuhi, your storage assistant</a></li><li aria-current=\"page\">What does MCP mean in Storage Studio&#39;s settings?</li></ol></nav>\n<form class=\"fl-search\" action=\"/faq/search\" method=\"get\" role=\"search\" data-fl-search>\n<label class=\"fl-visually-hidden\" for=\"fl-q\">Search the FAQ</label>\n<input id=\"fl-q\" type=\"search\" name=\"q\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Search 2,816 questions…\" autocomplete=\"off\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<button type=\"submit\">Search</button>\n<div class=\"fl-suggest\" role=\"listbox\" hidden></div>\n</form>\n<article class=\"fl-entry\">\n<p class=\"eyebrow fl-eyebrow\"><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/\">Tuhi, your storage assistant</a> · <a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#ai-access\">AI access for other assistants</a></p>\n<h1>What does MCP mean in Storage Studio&#39;s settings?</h1>\n<p class=\"fl-short\"><strong>Short answer:</strong> MCP stands for Model Context Protocol, an open standard AI tools use to connect to apps. Storage Studio supports it so compatible assistants can read your storage; Settings → Connections gives you a ready-to-paste snippet.</p>\n<div class=\"fl-answer\"><p>MCP stands for <strong>Model Context Protocol</strong> — an open standard AI tools use to connect to apps and the information they help you with. Because Storage Studio supports it, any assistant that also supports MCP can read your storage picture through the same simple setup.</p>\n<p>You don&#39;t need to know the details: the <strong>Connections</strong> tab in Settings gives you a ready-to-paste snippet for your assistant.</p></div>\n\n<p class=\"fl-meta\">Last reviewed <time datetime=\"2026-10-01\">October 1, 2026</time></p>\n\n<section class=\"fl-related\"><h2>Related questions</h2><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-is-ai-access\">What is AI access in Storage Studio?</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/how-do-i-turn-on-ai-access\">How do I turn on AI access and connect Claude Desktop?</a></li></ul></section>\n<p class=\"fl-formats\">Also available as <a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-is-mcp.md\">Markdown</a> and <a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-is-mcp.json\">JSON</a>.</p>\n</article></div></div></div>"}