A team maintains integrations between 6 AI models and 10 specialized tools. With MCP, how many integration connections are needed compared to without MCP?
Answer: Without MCP: 60; With MCP: 16
Without MCP, every model needs a custom adapter for every tool: 6 × 10 = 60 integrations. With MCP, each tool writes one server and each model writes one client: 6 + 10 = 16 connections. This N×M to N+M reduction is the core MCP value proposition.