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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

MCP Mashups: How AI Agents are Reviving the Programmable Web

Angie Jones

Fragile APIs killed the programmable web, but the Model Context Protocol is reviving it. See how AI agents use MCP to autonomously orchestrate tools without custom integration code.

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#1 about 4 min

The creative era of early web API mashups

Developers combined independent web services to create visually rich and unexpected web applications.

#2 about 1 min

Maintenance challenges and the decline of web mashups

Deprecated endpoints and the lack of long-term support broke early amateur API integrations.

#3 about 3 min

Introducing model context protocol as a universal adapter

How the open standard allows artificial intelligence agents to autonomously interact with external APIs.

#4 about 3 min

The rapid growth of the open MCP ecosystem

How open-source developers established thousands of language-agnostic integrations without waiting for official vendor support.

#5 about 2 min

Building a modern interactive map with AI agents

Using an open-source agent to automatically aggregate location data and launch a browser application.

#6 about 2 min

Converting design files to website code automatically

Generating and rendering valid code from interface designs using dedicated integration protocols.

#7 about 3 min

Orchestrating local developer environments with AI tools

How autonomous agents can clone repositories, install dependencies, and configure containers from standard documentation.

#8 about 6 min

Understanding the technical structure of an MCP server

Defining tool parameters and context so that language models can correctly utilize the underlying functions.

#9 about 2 min

Evaluating open source tools for security and quality

Navigating community registries to find reliable, secure server integrations for local execution.

#10 about 2 min

Empowering the community with independence and developer grants

Promoting open contribution by launching an autonomous group and funding program for agent extension builders.

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2:36 min

Core concepts and advantages of the Model Context Protocol

Rishabh Budhiraja Rishabh Budhiraja +1 · WWC Europe 2026

5:54 min

Standardizing agent interactions with the Web MCP proposal

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

2:58 min

Origin and purpose of the Model Context Protocol

David Soria Parra David Soria Parra +3 · WWC Europe 2026

4:20 min

Automating tasks securely through agentic browser protocols

Christian Liebel Christian Liebel · WWC Europe 2026

2:21 min

Integrating Model Context Protocol for non-technical users

Jordan Tigani Jordan Tigani · WWC Europe 2026

2:49 min

Introduction to the model context protocol and WebMCP

Andre Cipriani Bandarra +1 · Coffee With Developers

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