Model Context Protocol (MCP) in Finance, Explained
MCP lets AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT securely read your financial data. Here's what that means for SMB finance.
What MCP Is, in Plain English
Definition-first section: MCP as a standard letting AI assistants securely connect to external tools and data sources like a finance platform.
Why MCP Matters for Finance Specifically
Explains the practical upside: asking Claude or ChatGPT a question about your business and getting an answer grounded in real, live financial data instead of a guess.
How Thing Is Building on MCP
Product/differentiator section - positions Thing among the first SMB AI CFO tools with a published MCP story.
What This Looks Like in Practice
Concrete example: a founder asking their AI assistant "what's my runway if I raise prices 10%?" and getting an answer sourced from Thing's live data via MCP.
Security Considerations With MCP Connections
Trust section on scoped permissions, read-vs-write access, and audit logging.
Scoped Permissions
Access limited to exactly what a given connection needs.
Read-vs-Write Access
Most connections are read-only by default.
Audit Logging
Every access is recorded and reviewable.
Where MCP in Finance Is Headed
Forward-looking section on the broader AI-agent ecosystem trend, linking to /ai-cfo/agent and /ai-finance/agents.
