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MCP (Model Context Protocol)
The open standard for connecting a model to tools, data, and prompts. An MCP server exposes tools (callable functions), resources (readable data), and prompts (reusable templates); an MCP client (an agent, an IDE, a chat app) discovers and calls them. Supported by every major provider; the default way to package integrations for agents.
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The Model Context Protocol is how agents connect to tools, data, and prompts, and every major provider supports it. Build an MCP server in Python, design tools a model will use correctly, connect it to a coding agent, and learn where A2A and the other agent protocols fit.
MCP: Building a Tool Server
The Model Context Protocol is the standard way to give agents access to tools and data. Build a server in Python, connect it to a coding agent and to your own harness, write tool descriptions a model will use correctly, and evaluate whether it does.
Building Your First MCP Server in Python
A step-by-step tutorial: build a Model Context Protocol server with the Python SDK, test it with the inspector, connect it to Claude Code, harden it, and write descriptions a model will actually use correctly. Working code throughout.