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Build AI Agents with Model Context Protocol (MCP)! Explore the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—a powerful framework for building secure, scalable, and real-world AI applications. Join April Gittens through core concepts, hands-on development, advanced implementation, and real-world case studies. Learn how to build and deploy AI agents with MCP in Visual Studio Code, contribute to the community, and apply best practices from early adopters across industries.
Lessons
00:00 Introduction
00:03 Lesson 1: Introduction to Model Context Protocol (MCP)
05:04 Lesson 2: MCP core concepts
09:33 Lesson 3: MCP security best practices
15:07 Lesson 4: Build your first MCP server
18:27 Lesson 5: How to build, test & deploy MCP apps with real tools and workflows
23:05 Lesson 6: Advanced MCP: Secure, scalable, and multi-modal AI agents
27:02 Lesson 7: How to contribute to MCP: Tools, docs, code & more
32:09 Lesson 8: Lessons from MCP early adopters
36:39 Lesson 9: MCP development best practices
41:55 Lesson 10: MCP in action: Real-world case studies
46:51 Lesson 11: Build AI agents in VS Code: 4 hands-on labs with MCP + AI Toolkit