Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Lessons in this group, roughly in build order:

• model-context-protocol-mcp — MCP is an open protocol that standardizes how an agent app connects to external tools, data, and prompts —…
• mcp-hosts — An MCP host is the user-facing application — Claude Desktop, an IDE, your agent — that owns the LLM, runs…
• mcp-client — An MCP client is the protocol connector living inside a host that holds a single stateful session to one…
• mcp-servers — An MCP server is a standalone process that exposes a focused set of capabilities — tools, resources, and…
• creating-mcp-servers — Building an MCP server means declaring a few typed tools (or resources/prompts) with an SDK and choosing a…