Building AI Integrations with Model Context Protocol (MCP)

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is emerging as a core standard for how AI systems connect to tools, data, and external capabilities. This course provides a practical, end-to-end understanding of MCP—from first principles to real integrations—so you can design AI agents that scale cleanly across tools, models, and environments.You’ll start by learning why MCP exists: the M × N integration problem that plagues modern AI systems, and how MCP reframes it into a composable, extensible architecture. From there, you’ll explore MCP’s core components, capabilities, and communication flow—building a clear mental model before touching any implementation.Once the foundations are solid, the course moves into hands-on development. You’ll build MCP servers and clients from scratch, understand the JSON-RPC 2.0 message protocol that powers MCP, and work with streamable HTTP transport for real-world usage. Finally, you’ll integrate MCP servers with modern AI tooling like Claude Code and Cursor, showing how MCP fits naturally into today’s AI-powered development workflows.Throughout the course, the focus stays on conceptual clarity, architectural correctness, and real-world applicability—not just getting something working, but understanding why it works and how it scales.What You’ll LearnWhat MCP is, why it exists, and how it solves the AI integration problemHow MCP defines and manages “context” through tools, resources, prompts, and samplingThe roles and responsibilities of MCP hosts, clients, and serversHow MCP communication flows from user request to server execution and backHow to build and test MCP servers and clients using FastMCPHow MCP uses JSON-RPC 2.0 and streamable HTTP transportHow to integrate MCP with modern AI development tools like Claude Code and CursorWho This Course Is ForAI engineers and developers building agentic systemsPlatform and infrastructure engineers evaluating MCP as a standardDevelopers integrating LLMs with tools, data sources, or internal systemsTechnical leaders who want a clear architectural understanding of MCPWhy This CourseMost MCP resources focus on snippets and setup. This course focuses on mental models, system design, and real integration patterns, so you can confidently explain MCP, implement it correctly, and use it as a long-term foundation for AI applications.Enroll now and master the Model Context Protocol!