mcp

    MCP (Model Context Protocol) Course

    Build production MCP servers, clients, tools, resources, prompts and AI agent architectures.

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    Architecture

    Autonomous Agent Loop

    How an agent perceives its goal, plans steps, calls tools, observes results, and iterates until task completion.

    Goal
    user task
    Planner
    LLM reasoning
    Action
    tool call
    Tool
    API / code
    Observation
    result
    loop
    Answer
    final
    ReAct Loop
    Reason · Act · Observe
    Multi-Agent
    Planner · Worker · Critic
    Memory
    Short + long-term store
    Tool Use
    Function calling + RAG
    Curriculum

    Enterprise learning path

    14 modules · 114 lessons

    Foundations

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    1. 1
      MCP Home
      Next up

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    2. 2
      What is MCP?

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    3. 3
      Why MCP Exists

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    4. 4
      Problems MCP Solves

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    5. 5
      MCP vs Traditional APIs

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      MCP Architecture Overview

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    7. 7
      MCP Terminology

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      MCP Lifecycle

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    9. 9
      MCP Ecosystem Overview

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    Core Concepts

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    1. 10
      Hosts

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    2. 11
      Clients

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    3. 12
      Servers

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    4. 13
      Tools

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    5. 14
      Resources

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    6. 15
      Prompts

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      Context Management

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      Capabilities

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    9. 18
      Protocol Handshake

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    10. 19
      Message Flow

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    Architecture

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    1. 20
      MCP Request Lifecycle

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    2. 21
      Host ↔ Client ↔ Server Flow

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    3. 22
      Tool Invocation Flow

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    4. 23
      Resource Resolution Flow

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      Prompt Execution Flow

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      Multi-Server Architecture

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    7. 26
      Context Synchronization

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    8. 27
      Error Handling Architecture

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    Building Servers

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    1. 28
      MCP Server Introduction

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    2. 29
      Creating an MCP Server

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    3. 30
      Defining Tools

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    4. 31
      Defining Resources

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    5. 32
      Defining Prompts

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    6. 33
      Tool Validation

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    7. 34
      Error Responses

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    8. 35
      Server Testing

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    9. 36
      Debugging MCP Servers

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    Building Clients

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    1. 37
      MCP Client Introduction

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    2. 38
      Connecting to Servers

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    3. 39
      Tool Discovery

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    4. 40
      Resource Discovery

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    5. 41
      Prompt Execution

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    6. 42
      Handling Responses

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    7. 43
      Retry Strategies

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    8. 44
      Client Testing

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    AI Agents

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    1. 45
      MCP and AI Agents

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      Agent Tool Use

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      Agent Memory Integration

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    4. 48
      Multi-Agent Collaboration

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    5. 49
      Agent Orchestration

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    6. 50
      Human-in-the-Loop Agents

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    7. 51
      Autonomous Agents

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    8. 52
      Production Agent Architectures

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    LangChain

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      MCP with LangChain

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      LangGraph Integration

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    3. 55
      Tool Binding

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    4. 56
      Context Injection

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    5. 57
      Agent Workflows

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    6. 58
      Production Patterns

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    Security

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      Authentication

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    2. 60
      Authorization

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    3. 61
      Input Validation

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    4. 62
      Tool Permissions

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    5. 63
      Resource Isolation

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    6. 64
      Secrets Management

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    7. 65
      Secure Context Sharing

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    8. 66
      Threat Modeling

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    Observability

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      Logging

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    2. 68
      Metrics

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    3. 69
      Tracing

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    4. 70
      OpenTelemetry Integration

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    5. 71
      Monitoring Agent Calls

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    6. 72
      Failure Analysis

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    7. 73
      Audit Logging

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    Advanced

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    1. 74
      Dynamic Tool Registration

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    2. 75
      Server Discovery

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    3. 76
      Multi-Tenant MCP

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    4. 77
      Distributed MCP

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    5. 78
      Performance Optimization

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    6. 79
      Caching Strategies

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    7. 80
      Scalability Patterns

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    8. 81
      High Availability

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    9. 82
      Rate Limiting

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    Troubleshooting

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      Connection Failures

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      Invalid Tool Definitions

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    3. 85
      Resource Resolution Failures

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    4. 86
      Context Drift

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    5. 87
      Authentication Problems

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    6. 88
      Timeout Handling

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    7. 89
      Agent Misbehavior

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    8. 90
      Debugging Strategies

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    Use Cases

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    1. 91
      IDE Assistants

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    2. 92
      Customer Support Agents

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      Enterprise Search

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    4. 94
      Knowledge Assistants

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    5. 95
      Code Generation Systems

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    6. 96
      Workflow Automation

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    7. 97
      Data Analysis Agents

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    8. 98
      Research Agents

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    9. 99
      AI Copilots

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    Projects

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    1. 100
      Build an MCP Calculator Server

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    2. 101
      Build a File System MCP Server

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    3. 102
      Build a Database MCP Server

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    4. 103
      Build an MCP Research Assistant

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    5. 104
      Build an MCP Code Assistant

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    6. 105
      Build a Customer Support Agent

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    7. 106
      Build a Multi-Agent Workflow

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    8. 107
      Enterprise MCP Platform

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    Interview

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      MCP Master Interview Bank

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    2. 109
      MCP Fundamentals Interview

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    3. 110
      MCP Architecture Interview

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    4. 111
      MCP Agent Design Interview

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    5. 112
      MCP Security Interview

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    6. 113
      MCP System Design Interview

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    7. 114
      Staff Engineer MCP Interview

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