hira siddiqui

But first, what is MCP?
MCP Servers, often called the USB-C of AI systems, have had a meteoric rise in 2025.
And the reason is plain to see. Without MCP, the complexity of integrating AI with external systems rises quadratically (esp. with the proliferation of AI agents). With MCP, it only increases linearly.
Practically, what this means is that you can connect your AI agents with any external data/tool source that exposes its functionality as per the standards of MCP. Kind of like a REST API, if you are an oldie like me in tech.
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The MCP Servers I have been using the most (will create separate posts for these in the coming days):
: I tell ChatGPT what I want, and then use the Canva MCP to create an editable image of my concept. The file gets automatically added to my Canva account and I fix any issues manually. We all know AI-generated images have weird problems (esp. with spellings etc.), so Nano Banana wasn't really useful for me. A lot of my posts have pictures created this way (ping me if you want me to put together a short tutorial on this).
: Same as above. I use it to create mind maps of my brainstorming sessions with AI, where I can (sort of) create decision trees of how we arrived at a certain point.
: I haven't done it yet. I'm scared for privacy reasons, but the urge is strong. I hate meeting management, and as a founder, mother, and IT professional, I have to maintain my schedule down to the minute if I want to balance the various areas of my life.
: I have a lot of my context in Plurality's Memory Studio. With the Plurality MCP, I don't have to use the AI Context Flow browser extension and can instead use the MCP server directly on Claude Desktop. This helps me in three ways:
  I can pull in my context on Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and even with Cowork
  I don't have to keep pressing the optimize button to pull in context (MCP is seamless. Just chat, and it will do the rest)
  The overall experience is muuuuccchhh better than the extension

This guide shows how to add Plurality (or any other MCP server) to your different agents.
Which MCP servers are you using the most? Let's exchange notes.

Hey PH!

AI memory is personal by default. Your context, your preferences, your saved info, none of it is visible to anyone else.

Which is great for privacy. Terrible for collaboration.

My partner and I are avid travellers. I plan, he executes. Last year I sent him more AI chat links than memes trying to get us on the same page for trip planning. It was absurd.

Just think for a sec.
You've told different chat agents your role, your tech stack, your client preferences, your project constraints - hundreds of times across hundreds of conversations.

But where does all that live?

Scattered across chat histories. Fragmented across different platforms. Sometimes contradictory, & mostly out of date.

The problem is: ' .