{"id":12131,"date":"2026-08-12T15:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highstreet.io\/?post_type=glossario&#038;p=12131"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:42:49","slug":"mcp-server","status":"publish","type":"glossario","link":"https:\/\/highstreet.io\/en\/approfondimenti\/glossario\/mcp-server\/","title":{"rendered":"MCP server (Model Context Protocol)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server is a standardised interface that lets AI models and agents connect to external tools and services \u2014 for example, to trigger payments, look up orders or query a catalog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">In the agentic-commerce context, providers such as PayPal have released MCP servers so that developers can connect AI agents to commerce and payment capabilities. This is a developer-facing integration path, distinct from the feed-based discoverability that most merchants need first (see <a href=\"https:\/\/highstreet.io\/en\/resources\/glossary\/store-sync\/\" target=\"_self\">Store Sync<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>Discover more:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/highstreet.io\/en\/resources\/glossary\/store-sync\/\">Store Sync<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/highstreet.io\/en\/paypal-agentic-commerce-explained\/\">PayPal Agentic Commerce explained<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un server MCP (Model Context Protocol) \u00e8 un\u2019interfaccia standardizzata che consente a modelli e agenti AI di collegarsi a strumenti e servizi esterni \u2014 ad esempio per avviare pagamenti, consultare ordini o interrogare un catalogo. Nel contesto dell\u2019agentic commerce, provider come PayPal hanno rilasciato server MCP cos\u00ec che gli sviluppatori possano connettere gli agenti AI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categoria-glossario":[43],"class_list":["post-12131","glossario","type-glossario","status-publish","hentry","categoria-glossario-m"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MCP server (Model Context Protocol): cos\u2019\u00e8 | Highstreet.io<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Un MCP server collega modelli e agenti AI a strumenti e servizi esterni, come i pagamenti PayPal. 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