What the Model Context Protocol is, how the first server runs and what must be settled before access to company data.
What MCP does differently from a direct integration, where each one's strengths lie, and the four questions that carry the decision.
Sorted by task rather than by vendor — with an assessment of effort, benefit and risk, and a clear recommendation on which three to start with.
Permissions, logging, scope and the handling of injected instructions — the six questions that have to be answered before the first connection.
Step by step from the empty configuration field to a working connection — with the pitfalls that appear in no documentation.
