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name: mcp-as-a-projection
description: Apply the MCP is one view of a capability table, and the view you pick costs 6.25x article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# MCP is one view of a capability table, and the view you pick costs 6.25x

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/mcp-as-a-projection). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/mcp-as-a-projection.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/mcp-as-a-projection/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

The Model Context Protocol MCP is a way of describing a set of capabilities to a model. It is not the place those capabilities live, and it is not the thing that runs them. On this site the capabilities live in one database table — one row 

## Representations

- Human: /a/mcp-as-a-projection
- JSON: /api/articles/mcp-as-a-projection
- Relationships: /api/articles/mcp-as-a-projection/topology
- History: /api/articles/mcp-as-a-projection/revisions
