Anthropic MCP hits 97M installs

- Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) reportedly crossed 97 million installs in 16 months, positioning it as a common way for agents to call external tools. - The headline figure — 97 million installs over a 16‑month span — was framed as evidence MCP is becoming a de facto connector for agent‑to‑API interactions. - If accurate, that momentum matters for designing portable tool layers and agent‑safe APIs in student projects. (beingguru.com)