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What Is an MCP Client? How It Works, and the Best MCP Clients in 2026

calendar_today June 18, 2026 person Dhayalan Subramanian domain digitalapi

An MCP client is the connector inside an AI application that links it to an MCP server, and the article explains how clients differ from servers and hosts. It identifies leading MCP client applications in 2026, including Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, and Cursor.

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