Article Summary
Jerod Santo shares an enthusiastic review of the new Claude Desktop app for macOS.
- The application brings Claude 2.1 to the macOS menu bar, enabling interaction with the operating system and limited local file access from `~/Desktop`.
- The review explicitly highlights and discusses the "Model Context Protocol (MCP)," explaining its function in allowing Claude to interact with tools and system context.
- MCP facilitates capabilities like summarizing local PDFs by providing the AI assistant access to external information.
- The author expresses optimism for Claude Desktop's future, envisioning its evolution into a true AI agent capable of taking actions on the system beyond simple text generation.