MCP (Model Context Protocol)

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Model Context Protocol. An open standard that lets an AI assistant such as Claude or ChatGPT call outside tools. For Amazon sellers it is how an assistant reads Seller Central or Amazon Ads data through an MCP server.

MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is an open protocol for connecting an AI assistant to outside systems. An MCP server publishes a list of tools; the assistant decides which tool to call to answer a question, and the server returns the data. When the tools read or act on an Amazon account, the setup is usually called Amazon MCP. Amazon runs MCP servers of its own for Amazon Ads and for Seller Central, and independent tools run theirs. They differ on three points a seller should check before connecting one: what the assistant can read, whether it can change anything on Amazon, and who approves that change. Some servers are read-only. Some let the assistant act through the API. AgentXray's server reads profit from settlement reports and advertising data, and files every proposed change as a draft that a person approves in the browser. Connecting a server takes a connector URL and one sign-in; no code is needed for a hosted server.

Related: Seller Central, ACOS, TACOS

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