Introduction to Model Context Protocol
Project-basedBuild an MCP server and client from scratch in Python. Tools, resources and prompts — and Claude wired into a real system by the end of the day.
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Before MCP, every team built the same integration layer badly and none of them were compatible. This day teaches the protocol that fixed that. You start by connecting an existing server and using it, then learn the three primitives — tools the model can call, resources it can read, prompts the server exposes — and the distinction between them that most implementations get wrong. The core module is a build: an MCP server from scratch in Python, with schemas, handlers, structured errors and testing through the inspector. You finish by writing a client, wiring Claude into a real external system, and configuring it into Claude Desktop and Claude Code — with a hard look at what a server should never expose.
What You'll Learn
- Explain what MCP is, and the problem it solves
- Describe the host, client and server architecture
- Choose correctly between stdio and HTTP transport
- Distinguish tools, resources and prompts, and pick the right one
- Build an MCP server from scratch in Python
- Write tool schemas and descriptions the model can use
- Return structured errors the model can act on
- Test a server with the inspector before connecting it
- Write a client and wire Claude into an external system
- Configure a server into Claude Desktop and Claude Code safely
Who Can Join
- •Software and integration engineers
- •Platform engineers and solution architects
- •Developers connecting AI to internal systems
- •Anyone who has written the same integration glue three times
PREREQUISITES
• Comfortable writing Python
• Familiarity with APIs and JSON schemas
Curriculum
→ What MCP is
→ Why it matters
→ Architecture
→ The transport layer
→ Lab 0
Total: 6h 59m across 4 modules
Tools & Technologies
Projects Included
- ▹ Lab 0 — An existing MCP server connected to Claude and used
- ▹ Lab M01 — All three primitives exposed from a single server
- ▹ Lab M02 — An MCP server built from scratch in Python
- ▹ Lab M03 — Your server connected to Claude, completing a real task
Official Certifications
Assessment is continuous and practical: 4 Applied Learning Labs (60%) and an end-of-course practical assessment (40%). Passing mark 80%, plus completion of all 4 labs and full attendance. The CertTulen Course Completion Certificate is awarded on meeting that standard.
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