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MCP - the expansion lever hiding in plain sight
Put this idea into your own words: "The expansion lever hiding in plain sight."
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MCP - the expansion lever hiding in plain sight
MCPModel Context Protocol. A standard that lets an AI agent pull in context from outside the repo, like Jira tickets or internal docs. Press Enter for the full definition. (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets Cursor talk to a customer's own systems: their issue tracker, their internal docs, a database, a deployment tool. For an ADM this is not a feature footnote. Every internal tool a customer wires up deepens their dependence on Cursor and creates a concrete reason to add seats and teams.
Tab is acquisition: it converts a skeptic into a daily user with one keystroke. Chat is onboarding: it makes a new hire productive in an unfamiliar repo. Agent is the value ceiling: it's where the productivity narrative for the EBR comes from. Rules and MCPModel Context Protocol. A standard that lets an AI agent pull in context from outside the repo, like Jira tickets or internal docs. Press Enter for the full definition. are the moat: they encode the org into the tool. When you describe Cursor, map each capability to where it sits in that funnel - that's what tells an engineer you've actually run a rollout.
If asked "walk me through Cursor," don't recite features top to bottom. Sequence them the way you'd sequence a rollout: land Tab to build the habit, use Chat to onboard people into the codebase, graduate teams to Agent for real changes, then lock in consistency with rules and reach with MCPModel Context Protocol. A standard that lets an AI agent pull in context from outside the repo, like Jira tickets or internal docs. Press Enter for the full definition.. The sequence is the signal.