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MCP

What MCP solves, how hosts, clients, servers, tools, resources, and prompts fit together, and how to connect, configure, test, and troubleshoot an existing server you trust.

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Curriculum

  1. 1

    Understand MCP

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

    1. 01 What MCP solves
    2. 02 Hosts, clients, and servers
    3. 03 MCP, APIs, and function calling
    4. 04 Tools, resources, and prompts
    5. 05 Requests, discovery, and protocol versions
    6. 06 Check your understanding: MCP foundations
  2. 2

    Connect an existing server

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

    1. 07 Choose a server you trust
    2. 08 Read a server configuration
    3. 09 Generate and install the configuration
    4. 10 Make a controlled first call
    5. 11 Troubleshoot a connection
    6. 12 Check your understanding: connect a server
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