Video course · 8 chapters · 26 min · certificate
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Quickstart: LLM Tools & Servers
A quickstart to the Model Context Protocol: what MCP is, its fundamentals, hosts, clients and servers, tools, resources and prompt templates, the communication lifecycle, and building MCP servers with no code and with code.
What you'll learn
- Define MCP and why it matters
- Distinguish hosts, clients and servers
- Explain tools, resources and prompt templates
- Understand the communication lifecycle
- Build an MCP server without code
- Build an MCP server with code
Chapters
8 chapters · 26:23-
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01Intro Members
Overview
Why everyone talks about MCP.
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3:32
02Concepts Members
MCP definition
An open protocol standardizing how LLM apps connect to tools and data.
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2:56
03Concepts Members
MCP fundamentals
Hosts, clients and servers from Anthropic's course.
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2:54
04Primitives Members
Tools, resources and prompt templates
The three server primitives.
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1:50
05Tools Members
No-code combinations
n8n plus Bolt for UIs without code.
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3:29
06Protocol Members
Communication lifecycle
How clients and servers communicate.
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4:55
07Build Members
Building an MCP server without code
Using n8n to expose a workflow as an MCP server.
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5:41
08Build Members
Building an MCP server with code
A code implementation and when it's worth it.
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