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# David Soria Parra
Co-creator of the Model Context Protocol at Anthropic

## About

David Soria Parra builds protocols for AI models at Anthropic. He co-created the Model Context Protocol (MCP), where he now leads technical direction, governance, and ecosystem development.

Before his work on AI agents and trust boundaries, David spent nearly a decade leading engineering organizations at Meta and served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Sutter Hill Ventures.

He is a long-time open-source contributor with a history of building tools for PHP, Git, and Mercurial. He is based in London.



## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2026 Europe · July 8, 2026
Berlin, Germany
- [The Agent Interface Layer: Protocols, Tools and Trust Boundaries](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100132-the-agent-interface-layer-protocols-tools-and-trust-boundaries) · 30 min · 🎥 Watch recording



## Videos

- [The Agent Interface Layer: Protocols, Tools and Trust Boundaries](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100132-the-agent-interface-layer-protocols-tools-and-trust-boundaries) · David Soria Parra, Duan Lightfoot, Malte Ubl, Taroon Mandhana