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title: "For Open Source Developers"
description: "Dig into the MCP spec and contribute to the ongoing development of MCP."
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## 1. Review the MCP architecture

<Card title="Core architecture" icon="sitemap" href="/concepts/architecture" horizontal>
  Understand how MCP connects clients, servers, and LLMs.
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## 2. Read the MCP specification

<Card title="Specification" icon="book" href="https://spec.modelcontextprotocol.io" horizontal>
  This specification defines the authoritative protocol requirements
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## 3. Find a place to contribute

<Card title="Contributing" icon="code" href="https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/.github/blob/main/profile/CONTRIBUTING.md" horizontal>
  We are committed to building MCP as a collaborative, open-source project and ecosystem.
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