Axel VerneThe MCP Series · Book 1 · 90-minute read
Everyone's saying “MCP.” Here's what it means for your company.
A plain-English book for the person who approves the budget. No code, no jargon, and no revolution promised. It's plumbing. Good plumbing is the point.
the whole idea, on the cover
Chapter 1 · The integration mess
You're already paying a tax on every seam between your systems.
Each AI tool your people use needs its own custom connector to each system you run. Add one tool, build a stack of new connectors. Try it below: count the systems your company actually runs, then flip the switch.
connectors to build, secure and maintain
new connectors every time you add one system
Inside, in about ninety minutes
From “what is MCP?” to a plan you can defend in a budget meeting.
Your IT team has opinions. Your vendors have slides. This is the translation, written for the person who has to say yes or no.
Who it's not for: developers. You want the documentation, not a translation.
The integration mess
Why every company already pays a tax on the seams between systems, and what a standard does to it.
USB-C for AI
The one analogy that survives a board meeting. Kitchen supplies and hotel rooms, no math.
Department by department
Sales, support, finance, marketing, HR, leadership: what it looks like when it works.
The 2026 landscape
Who adopted it, what the July 2026 spec change means, and why procurement should care.
Security & governance
Five questions that filter vendor nonsense, including where your data goes while the model reasons.
Buy, build, or wait
A decision sequence, not a whitepaper. Plus the money chapter and a pilot that proves something.
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The MCP Series · Book 2
Run a homelab? Give your assistant hands.
Your assistant can explain every service you run and operate none of them. Book 2 fixes that: your first MCP server tonight, on hardware you already own. Read-only by default.
The fine print, up front
“A book that's honest about AI shouldn't play pricing games. So it doesn't.”— Axel Verne
- Price
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- Facts
- Every protocol claim checked against the official MCP specification (September 2026). Case studies are labeled composites.
- Format
- PDF + EPUB, DRM-free, with free updates to this edition. Kindle edition on Amazon.