# MCP (Model Context Protocol) vs Arcade

Both sit in the tools & integrations layer with similar commercial terms, so the practical split is language: MCP (Model Context Protocol) targets Python and Arcade targets Python.

| | MCP (Model Context Protocol) | Arcade |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Licence | Open source | Open source |
| Pricing | open source | freemium |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Languages | TypeScript, Python | Python, TypeScript |
| Install | npm install @modelcontextprotocol/sdk | — |
| Keys required | None | ARCADE_API_KEY |

## Full pages

- https://newagent.build/c/mcp
- https://newagent.build/c/arcade

## Machine interfaces

- `GET https://newagent.build/api/registry` — every component as JSON
- `GET https://newagent.build/api/vendors` — vendors, with the repo and releases feed to watch
- `GET https://newagent.build/api/advise?q=<plain english>` — recommended stack for a description
- `GET https://newagent.build/api/stack?<layer>=<id>&format=sh|json|md|yml|agents|env` — a stack as files
- `GET https://newagent.build/llms.txt` — the whole registry in one fetch

Any page here also returns markdown if you send `Accept: text/markdown`.