Getting Started with Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Chapter 1: Architecture and Fundamentals
The MCP Specification Overview
Client-Host-Server Topology
JSON-RPC Message Structure
Transport Mechanisms: Stdio and SSE
Capabilities Negotiation
Hands-on Practice: Environment Setup
Chapter 2: Defining Resources and Prompts
Concept of Resources in MCP
URI Schemes and Patterns
Implementing Synchronous Resource Reads
Resource Subscriptions and Notifications
Structuring Prompts
Hands-on Practice: Building a File Reader Server
Chapter 3: Implementing Tools and Logic
Tool Definition Schema
Input Validation with Pydantic
Executing External API Calls
Error Handling and Reporting
Designing Computed Resources
Hands-on Practice: Creating a Database Tool
Chapter 4: Debugging and Client Integration
Using the MCP Inspector
Analyzing Log Output
Configuration for Claude Desktop
Managing Environment Variables
Handling Connection Lifecycles
Hands-on Practice: End-to-End Integration
Hands-on Practice: Building a File Reader Server
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- Model Context Protocol (MCP) Documentation, Anthropic, 2024 (Anthropic) - Official documentation for the Model Context Protocol, detailing the architecture, SDK usage, and server implementation with
FastMCPand resource definition. - FastAPI Documentation, Sebastián Ramírez, 2024 - Provides context for the decorator-based API definition style used by
FastMCP, demonstrating modern Python server development practices. - Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax, T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, L. Masinter, 2005 IETF RFC 3986 (The Internet Society) DOI: 10.17487/RFC3986 - Foundational specification defining the generic syntax for Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs), including components like schemes, which are crucial for
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