{"id":17,"date":"2026-06-03T08:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everclif.com\/insights\/?p=17"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:20:34","slug":"what-is-mcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everclif.com\/insights\/what-is-mcp\/","title":{"rendered":"What is MCP &#8211; A Complete Guide | EverClif"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17\" class=\"elementor elementor-17\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7d47b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d7d47b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6e5320 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f6e5320\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n@import url('https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/remixicon@latest\/fonts\/remixicon.css');\n\n\/* Force full width inside Elementor *\/\n.elementor-widget-html,\n.elementor-widget-container,\n.elementor-column,\n.elementor-col-100,\n.elementor-container,\n.e-con,\n.e-con-inner {\n    max-width: 100% !important;\n    width: 100% !important;\n    padding-left: 0 !important;\n    padding-right: 0 !important;\n    margin-left: 0 !important;\n    margin-right: 0 !important;\n}\n\n.post-hero {\n    padding: 80px 0 72px;\n    background: #000080;\n    position: relative;\n    overflow: hidden;\n    width: 100vw;\n    margin-left: calc(-50vw + 50%);\n}\n.post-hero::before {\n    content: '';\n    position: absolute;\n    top: -40%;\n    right: -10%;\n    width: 500px;\n    height: 500px;\n    background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(30,144,255,0.18) 0%, transparent 70%);\n    pointer-events: none;\n}\n.ph-inner {\n    max-width: 1200px;\n    margin: 0 auto;\n    padding: 0 24px;\n}\n.post-breadcrumb {\n    display: flex;\n    align-items: center;\n    gap: 8px;\n    font-size: 13px;\n    color: rgba(255,255,255,0.6);\n    margin-bottom: 20px;\n    font-family: 'Satoshi', -apple-system, sans-serif;\n}\n.post-breadcrumb a { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.6); 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The Complete Guide<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"post-meta\">\n            <span class=\"post-meta-item\"><i class=\"ri-user-line\"><\/i> Ashish Raj<\/span>\n            <span class=\"post-meta-item\"><i class=\"ri-calendar-line\"><\/i> June 2, 2026<\/span>\n            <span class=\"post-meta-item\"><i class=\"ri-time-line\"><\/i> 12 min read<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- POST BODY -->\n<div class=\"post-body\">\n\n    <div class=\"toc\">\n        <div class=\"toc-label\">In this article<\/div>\n        <ol>\n            <li><a href=\"#what-is-mcp\">What is MCP?<\/a><\/li>\n            <li><a href=\"#how-it-works\">How MCP Works<\/a><\/li>\n            <li><a href=\"#benefits\">Key Benefits<\/a><\/li>\n            <li><a href=\"#use-cases\">Real-World MCP Use Cases<\/a><\/li>\n            <li><a href=\"#ecosystem\">The MCP Ecosystem in 2026<\/a><\/li>\n            <li><a href=\"#how-to-build\">How to Build an MCP Server<\/a><\/li>\n            <li><a href=\"#vs-api\">MCP vs Traditional APIs<\/a><\/li>\n            <li><a href=\"#whats-next\">What is Next for MCP<\/a><\/li>\n        <\/ol>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p class=\"post-intro\">\n        If you have been following AI in the past year, you have probably seen the term MCP everywhere. Developers call it the \"USB-C for AI.\" Enterprises are adopting it fast, and if you are building anything with AI in 2026, understanding MCP is no longer optional. In short, MCP stands for Model Context Protocol, an open standard that lets an AI model connect to your tools and data through one common interface instead of a custom integration for every service.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"post-section\" id=\"what-is-mcp\">\n        <h2>What is MCP?<\/h2>\n        <p>Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI models securely connect with external tools, data sources, and services through a single, consistent interface.<\/p>\n        <p>It was developed by Anthropic and released as open source in November 2024. MCP tackles one of the most frustrating limitations of large language models: they are isolated by default. A model like Claude or GPT-4 can only work with what you put in front of it. It cannot read your database, check your files, call your internal APIs, or take action in external systems unless someone writes a custom integration for each one.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"highlight-box\">\n            <p>Before MCP: 10 AI tools x 10 services = 100 custom integrations to build and maintain. With MCP: 10 + 10 = 20. Each service builds one server, any AI tool connects to it immediately.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <p>That reduction in complexity is what made MCP spread so fast. It is not just a developer convenience. It changes the economics of building AI-powered products entirely.<\/p>\n        <p>You will sometimes see MCP servers referred to informally as MCP plugins or MCP connectors. The official term in Anthropic's specification is server, but all three names describe the same thing: a small program that gives an AI model access to one specific tool or data source.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"post-section\" id=\"how-it-works\">\n        <h2>How MCP Works<\/h2>\n        <p>MCP runs on a client-server architecture with three components working together.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"component-grid\">\n            <div class=\"component-card\">\n                <div class=\"card-number\">01<\/div>\n                <h4>MCP Host<\/h4>\n                <p>The AI application the user interacts with. Could be Claude Desktop, Cursor, Emacs with an MCP client plugin, or your own custom AI app. The host initiates connections and coordinates everything.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"component-card\">\n                <div class=\"card-number\">02<\/div>\n                <h4>MCP Client<\/h4>\n                <p>A connector built into the host that speaks the MCP protocol. It communicates with MCP servers on behalf of the AI model and handles everything in between.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"component-card\">\n                <div class=\"card-number\">03<\/div>\n                <h4>MCP Server<\/h4>\n                <p>A lightweight program that exposes specific capabilities to any MCP-compatible client. GitHub, Google Drive, Slack and hundreds more have already built these.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <h3>The Three Core MCP Primitives<\/h3>\n        <p>Every MCP server can offer three types of capabilities to an AI model: MCP tools, MCP resources, and MCP prompts.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"primitives-grid\">\n            <div class=\"primitive-card tools\">\n                <div class=\"p-icon\">&#9881;&#65039;<\/div>\n                <h4>MCP Tools<\/h4>\n                <p>Actions the AI can perform. Examples: create_issue, send_email, query_database<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"primitive-card resources\">\n                <div class=\"p-icon\">&#128196;<\/div>\n                <h4>MCP Resources<\/h4>\n                <p>Structured data the AI can read. Examples: files, API responses, live documents<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"primitive-card prompts\">\n                <div class=\"p-icon\">&#128172;<\/div>\n                <h4>MCP Prompts<\/h4>\n                <p>Predefined templates that shape how the AI responds for specific task types<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <h3>A real example<\/h3>\n        <p>When you ask Claude to \"create a GitHub issue for this bug,\" here is what actually happens:<\/p>\n        <ol class=\"steps-list\">\n            <li>\n                <span class=\"step-num\">1<\/span>\n                <div class=\"step-content\">\n                    <h4>Claude identifies it needs to take action<\/h4>\n                    <p>The model recognizes this is not a question to answer but a task to execute in an external system.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n            <li>\n                <span class=\"step-num\">2<\/span>\n                <div class=\"step-content\">\n                    <h4>The MCP client discovers the GitHub server<\/h4>\n                    <p>It finds the registered MCP server that handles GitHub operations.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n            <li>\n                <span class=\"step-num\">3<\/span>\n                <div class=\"step-content\">\n                    <h4>The client calls create_issue with the right parameters<\/h4>\n                    <p>Title, description, labels all extracted from your conversation and passed to the server.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n            <li>\n                <span class=\"step-num\">4<\/span>\n                <div class=\"step-content\">\n                    <h4>GitHub's MCP server executes and returns the result<\/h4>\n                    <p>Claude confirms the issue was created with a direct link. The whole thing takes seconds.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n        <\/ol>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"post-section\" id=\"benefits\">\n        <h2>Key Benefits<\/h2>\n        <h3>Responses grounded in your actual data<\/h3>\n        <p>Instead of relying only on training data, AI models using MCP pull live information from your real systems. The answers are accurate, current, and specific to your context rather than generic.<\/p>\n        <h3>Dramatically less integration work<\/h3>\n        <p>Before MCP, connecting an AI assistant to 5 tools meant writing 5 custom integrations. With MCP, you connect once and immediately access a growing library of pre-built servers. Most services you already use have one available today.<\/p>\n        <h3>Works across AI models<\/h3>\n        <p>MCP is not tied to any single AI provider. Build your MCP server once and it works with Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, or any other MCP-compatible client. No rebuilding, no vendor lock-in.<\/p>\n        <h3>Clean separation of security concerns<\/h3>\n        <p>Each MCP server handles its own access control, rate limiting, and security policies independently from the AI host. You control exactly what the AI can and cannot do in each system.<\/p>\n        <h3>Scales without modification<\/h3>\n        <p>Multiple AI clients can connect to the same MCP server at the same time without any changes to the server. One GitHub MCP server serves all your AI tools simultaneously.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"post-section\" id=\"use-cases\">\n        <h2>Real-World MCP Use Cases<\/h2>\n        <p>Here is where MCP starts to feel useful rather than theoretical.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"usecase-grid\">\n            <div class=\"usecase-card\">\n                <div class=\"uc-label\">For Developers<\/div>\n                <h4>Coding and engineering workflows<\/h4>\n                <ul>\n                    <li>Create GitHub issues and review PRs from within your editor<\/li>\n                    <li>Query your database directly via natural language<\/li>\n                    <li>Trigger CI\/CD pipelines without switching tools<\/li>\n                    <li>Fetch live documentation into your AI coding assistant<\/li>\n                <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"usecase-card\">\n                <div class=\"uc-label\">For Marketing Teams<\/div>\n                <h4>Content and analytics workflows<\/h4>\n                <ul>\n                    <li>Pull live Google Analytics data and ask your AI to summarize it<\/li>\n                    <li>Connect your CRM to segment audiences and generate reports<\/li>\n                    <li>Automate content workflows across Notion, Slack and your CMS<\/li>\n                    <li>Draft and schedule posts with context from your analytics<\/li>\n                <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"usecase-card\">\n                <div class=\"uc-label\">For Sales Teams<\/div>\n                <h4>CRM and outreach workflows<\/h4>\n                <ul>\n                    <li>Pull contact history and deal stages from your CRM on demand<\/li>\n                    <li>Generate personalized follow-ups with full conversation context<\/li>\n                    <li>Update pipeline data via conversation instead of manual entry<\/li>\n                    <li>Automate outreach sequences across email and LinkedIn<\/li>\n                <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"usecase-card\">\n                <div class=\"uc-label\">For Enterprises<\/div>\n                <h4>Internal knowledge and compliance<\/h4>\n                <ul>\n                    <li>Build internal knowledge bases your AI can query in real time<\/li>\n                    <li>Connect HR, legal and compliance systems to AI assistants<\/li>\n                    <li>Create auditable AI workflows across departments<\/li>\n                    <li>Give employees AI tools scoped to what they are authorized to access<\/li>\n                <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"post-section\" id=\"ecosystem\">\n        <h2>The MCP Ecosystem in 2026<\/h2>\n        <p>Since its launch in November 2024, MCP adoption moved fast. By spring 2025, OpenAI, Microsoft and Google had all adopted the standard, making it the default protocol for AI-to-tool connectivity. Heading further into 2026, that curve has only gotten steeper, with new MCP servers and MCP clients launching every week across every major platform.<\/p>\n        <p>Today thousands of MCP servers exist across every major category:<\/p>\n        <div class=\"ecosystem-grid\">\n            <div class=\"ecosystem-card\">\n                <div class=\"eco-label\">Productivity<\/div>\n                <div class=\"eco-items\">Google Drive, Notion, Slack, Gmail, Calendar<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ecosystem-card\">\n                <div class=\"eco-label\">Development<\/div>\n                <div class=\"eco-items\">GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Linear, Sentry<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ecosystem-card\">\n                <div class=\"eco-label\">Data<\/div>\n                <div class=\"eco-items\">PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Snowflake<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ecosystem-card\">\n                <div class=\"eco-label\">Marketing<\/div>\n                <div class=\"eco-items\">HubSpot, Salesforce, Google Analytics<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ecosystem-card\">\n                <div class=\"eco-label\">Infrastructure<\/div>\n                <div class=\"eco-items\">AWS, Docker, Kubernetes<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <p>The network effects here are real. More AI tools supporting MCP makes it more valuable for services to build MCP servers. More servers make it more valuable for AI tools to support MCP. That loop is already spinning fast.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"post-section\" id=\"how-to-build\">\n        <h2>How to Build Your Own MCP Server<\/h2>\n        <p>Building an MCP server, or setting up MCP for the first time if you are new to it, is more approachable than it sounds. Here is a step-by-step walkthrough for developers using Python and FastMCP.<\/p>\n        <h3>Prerequisites<\/h3>\n        <ul>\n            <li>Python 3.11 or newer<\/li>\n            <li>Basic Python knowledge<\/li>\n            <li>pip package manager<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <h3>Step 1: Set up your project<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"code-block\">\n            <div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">bash<\/span><\/div>\n            <pre><code>mkdir my-mcp-server\ncd my-mcp-server\npython3 -m venv venv\nsource venv\/bin\/activate\npip install mcp fastmcp<\/code><\/pre>\n        <\/div>\n        <h3>Step 2: Create your server file<\/h3>\n        <p>Create a file called <span class=\"ic\">server.py<\/span> and initialize the MCP server:<\/p>\n        <div class=\"code-block\">\n            <div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">python<\/span><\/div>\n            <pre><code><span class=\"kw\">from<\/span> mcp.server.fastmcp <span class=\"kw\">import<\/span> <span class=\"fn\">FastMCP<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"cm\"># Initialize the MCP server<\/span>\nmcp = <span class=\"fn\">FastMCP<\/span>(<span class=\"st\">\"My First MCP Server\"<\/span>)<\/code><\/pre>\n        <\/div>\n        <h3>Step 3: Define your tools<\/h3>\n        <p>Tools are functions the AI can call. Decorate them with <span class=\"ic\">@mcp.tool()<\/span>:<\/p>\n        <div class=\"code-block\">\n            <div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">python<\/span><\/div>\n            <pre><code><span class=\"dc\">@mcp.tool()<\/span>\n<span class=\"kw\">def<\/span> <span class=\"fn\">get_company_info<\/span>(company_name: <span class=\"fn\">str<\/span>) -> <span class=\"fn\">str<\/span>:\n    <span class=\"st\">\"\"\"Get basic information about a company.\"\"\"<\/span>\n    <span class=\"cm\"># Your logic here - could call an API, query a DB, etc.<\/span>\n    <span class=\"kw\">return<\/span> <span class=\"fn\">f<\/span><span class=\"st\">\"Info about {company_name}: B2B SaaS company founded in 2020.\"<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"dc\">@mcp.tool()<\/span>\n<span class=\"kw\">def<\/span> <span class=\"fn\">calculate_roi<\/span>(investment: <span class=\"fn\">float<\/span>, returns: <span class=\"fn\">float<\/span>) -> <span class=\"fn\">str<\/span>:\n    <span class=\"st\">\"\"\"Calculate ROI given investment and returns.\"\"\"<\/span>\n    roi = ((returns - investment) \/ investment) * <span class=\"nm\">100<\/span>\n    <span class=\"kw\">return<\/span> <span class=\"fn\">f<\/span><span class=\"st\">\"ROI: {roi:.2f}%\"<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n        <\/div>\n        <h3>Step 4: Add resources (optional)<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"code-block\">\n            <div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">python<\/span><\/div>\n            <pre><code><span class=\"dc\">@mcp.resource(<\/span><span class=\"st\">\"data:\/\/guidelines\"<\/span><span class=\"dc\">)<\/span>\n<span class=\"kw\">def<\/span> <span class=\"fn\">get_guidelines<\/span>() -> <span class=\"fn\">str<\/span>:\n    <span class=\"st\">\"\"\"Returns company content guidelines.\"\"\"<\/span>\n    <span class=\"kw\">return<\/span> <span class=\"st\">\"Always use a professional tone. Focus on B2B audiences.\"<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n        <\/div>\n        <h3>Step 5: Run the server<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"code-block\">\n            <div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">python<\/span><\/div>\n            <pre><code><span class=\"kw\">if<\/span> __name__ == <span class=\"st\">\"__main__\"<\/span>:\n    mcp.<span class=\"fn\">run<\/span>()<\/code><\/pre>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"code-block\">\n            <div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">bash<\/span><\/div>\n            <pre><code>python server.py<\/code><\/pre>\n        <\/div>\n        <h3>Step 6: Connect to Claude Desktop<\/h3>\n        <p>Open your Claude Desktop config file:<\/p>\n        <ul>\n            <li><strong>Mac:<\/strong> <span class=\"ic\">~\/Library\/Application Support\/Claude\/claude_desktop_config.json<\/span><\/li>\n            <li><strong>Windows:<\/strong> <span class=\"ic\">%APPDATA%\\Claude\\claude_desktop_config.json<\/span><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <div class=\"code-block\">\n            <div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">json<\/span><\/div>\n            <pre><code>{\n  <span class=\"st\">\"mcpServers\"<\/span>: {\n    <span class=\"st\">\"my-server\"<\/span>: {\n      <span class=\"st\">\"command\"<\/span>: <span class=\"st\">\"python\"<\/span>,\n      <span class=\"st\">\"args\"<\/span>: [<span class=\"st\">\"\/path\/to\/your\/server.py\"<\/span>]\n    }\n  }\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n        <\/div>\n        <p>Restart Claude Desktop and your custom tools are immediately available in conversation.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"post-section\" id=\"vs-api\">\n        <h2>MCP vs Traditional API Integrations<\/h2>\n        <table class=\"comparison-table\">\n            <thead>\n                <tr>\n                    <th>Feature<\/th>\n                    <th>Traditional API Integration<\/th>\n                    <th>MCP<\/th>\n                <\/tr>\n            <\/thead>\n            <tbody>\n                <tr><td>Setup per tool<\/td><td>Custom code every time<\/td><td>One standard interface<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Works across AI models<\/td><td class=\"no\">No<\/td><td class=\"yes\">Yes<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Tool discovery<\/td><td>Manual documentation<\/td><td>Automatic<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Security controls<\/td><td>Per integration, inconsistent<\/td><td>Centralized in each server<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Maintenance overhead<\/td><td>High, scales with integrations<\/td><td>Low, one protocol to maintain<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Vendor lock-in<\/td><td class=\"no\">Yes<\/td><td class=\"yes\">No<\/td><\/tr>\n            <\/tbody>\n        <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"post-section\" id=\"whats-next\">\n        <h2>What is Next for MCP<\/h2>\n        <p>The MCP roadmap for the rest of 2026 and beyond includes a few things worth watching:<\/p>\n        <ul>\n            <li><strong>Remote connectivity<\/strong> via OAuth 2.0 for secure cloud-hosted servers, not just local ones<\/li>\n            <li><strong>Official server registry<\/strong> for discovering and verifying trusted MCP servers<\/li>\n            <li><strong>Hierarchical agents<\/strong> that can orchestrate other agents through MCP<\/li>\n            <li><strong>Real-time streaming<\/strong> for long-running operations<\/li>\n            <li><strong>Formal standardization<\/strong> beyond Anthropic, opening governance to the broader community<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <p>The trajectory is clear. MCP is becoming the foundational connectivity layer for agentic AI. Not a niche developer tool but core infrastructure for how AI systems interact with the rest of the software world.<\/p>\n        <p>Whether you are a developer building AI products, a marketer connecting your tools, or a business leader planning your AI stack, the time to get familiar with MCP is now. The ecosystem is maturing fast and the gap between early movers and late adopters is going to matter.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"cta-box\">\n        <h3>Want to put AI workflows to work for your pipeline?<\/h3>\n        <p>EverClif helps B2B companies build AI-driven growth programs that generate consistent, measurable results.<\/p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/everclif.com\/#contact\">Talk to the EverClif team<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Model Context Protocol &#8211; A complete guide to how it works, its core components, real-world use cases, and how to build your own MCP server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everclif.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everclif.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everclif.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everclif.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everclif.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/everclif.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180,"href":"https:\/\/everclif.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everclif.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everclif.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everclif.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everclif.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}