What is Model Context Protocol (MCP) — and why Salesforce teams should care in 2025
Salesforce development is changing — and fast. With Agentforce 3 ushering in a new generation of AI-powered tooling and smarter DevOps workflows, there’s one term you’re going to hear a lot more about in 2025: MCP. Short for Model Context Protocol, MCP is the behind-the-scenes standard powering many of the new capabilities in Agentforce. In this blog post, guest author Dave Rant (Development Team Lead at Gearset) deep dives into what MCP is — and why it matters for Salesforce professionals.