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Published by Model Context Protocol Blog (T1 source). The original is at https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2026-01-26-mcp-apps/.

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MCP Apps launched as the first official extension to the Model Context Protocol, allowing tools to return interactive UI components that render directly inside MCP client conversations.

Official protocol-level addition worth tracking because it lets agent tools return rendered interfaces, not just text, and signals where MCP is headed next.

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