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The AI coding tools market doubled to $12.8 billion in 18 months. 90% of professional developers use an AI tool daily. The category has fractured into coding agents, agent frameworks, a protocol layer, generation platforms, and an evaluation stack. Here is the complete field guide to what shipped, what works, and what to watch next.

In the tool-calling interface, AI models see a JSON Schema, a description, and a name — not your implementation code. That schema is the entire interface contract. Here's how tool exposure works in 2026.

The Model Context Protocol gives AI agents access to real systems. That power introduces real risks — from prompt injection through tools to tool poisoning attacks.

The Model Context Protocol is becoming the standard way AI agents connect to tools, databases, and APIs. Here's how it works and why it matters.