Intro to Model Context Protocol (MCP)

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Intro to Model Context Protocol (MCP)

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Instructor: Maham Codes

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

11 reviews

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1 hour to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Connect AI models to tools and data using Model Context Protocol.
Set up and run an MCP server with defined tools and resources.
Build MCP clients that communicate with the server.

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Taught in English

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MCP (Model Context Protocol) lets developers securely connect tools, APIs, and data sources to AI models like Claude, GPT, or Gemini. With MCP, your AI isn’t just a chatbot—it becomes a powerful, action-taking agent that can interact with the outside world.

MCP is an open protocol by Anthropic that bridges the gap between language models and real-world context. It standardizes how models access resources, tools, and prompts. Whether you’re building local dev tools or production AI apps, MCP ensures your model always has the right context at the right time. MCP is perfect for developers who want to build AI agents that take meaningful actions, fetch live data from APIs, files, or databases, connect LLM models to IDE plugins or command-line tools, develop composable, multi-server AI workflows, and debug and inspect AI integrations with ease. What you'll build: In this hands-on course, you’ll build your own Weather MCP Server in Node.js/TypeScript and add Tools, Resources, and Prompts. You'll also connect your server to MCP Client (Claude Desktop and MCP Inspector) and see your AI agent fetch live responses in real time!

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1 assignment10 plugins

1 assignment Total 25 minutes

Intro to MCP Graded Assignment 25 minutes

10 plugins Total 40 minutes

Welcome to interactive lessons! 1 minute
Introduction 3 minutes
Intro to MCP and its importance 4 minutes
Core MCP concepts & architecture 5 minutes
Setting up an MCP server and defining tools 7 minutes
Registering resources in the MCP server 4 minutes
Running the MCP server 6 minutes
Transports 3 minutes
MCP clients 4 minutes
Wrap Up 3 minutes

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