MCP Resources: Give Your AI a File System
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If you've used AI assistants, you've probably hit this frustration: you need to re-explain context every time you start a new conversation. That database schema you carefully described yesterday? Gone. The code snippet you asked about last week? You're pasting it in again.
MCP Resources solve this. They let you give your AI access to files and data that persist across conversations — like giving your assistant a file cabinet instead of asking them to memorize everything.