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MCP Course

Learn how MCP connects AI applications to tools and data, then configure, inspect, and safely use an existing server.

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What you'll learn

Understand the MCP roles and primitives, connect a server you trust, inspect its capabilities, and verify its access boundaries.

Course contents

  1. Understand MCP

    Learn the protocol roles, primitives, lifecycle, and where MCP fits.

    1. ✓ What MCP solves
    2. ✓ Hosts, clients, and servers
    3. ✓ MCP, APIs, and function calling
    4. ✓ Tools, resources, and prompts
    5. ✓ Requests, discovery, and protocol versions
    6. ✓ Check your understanding: MCP foundations

  2. Connect an existing server

    Choose, configure, test, and troubleshoot a server you trust.

    1. ✓ Choose a server you trust
    2. ✓ Read a server configuration
    3. ✓ Generate and install the configuration
    4. ✓ Make a controlled first call
    5. ✓ Troubleshoot a connection
    6. ✓ Check your understanding: connect a server