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Introduction to MCP

8 Topics • 21 Lessons

A technical, step-by-step introduction to the Model Context Protocol - servers, clients, tools, and dealer-owned portable context - for builders.

Course Contents

Start Here

1 lesson

Welcome & How to Use This Course

Module 1 - What MCP Is & Why It Exists

3 lessons

What MCP Is

Why MCP Exists - The M-by-N Problem

Check Yourself

Module 2 - The Architecture

3 lessons

The Three Roles: Host, Client, Server

How a Host Connects to a Server

Check Yourself

Module 3 - What a Server Exposes

2 lessons

The Three Primitives: Tools, Resources, Prompts

Check Yourself

Transports & Connecting

3 lessons

Transports: stdio vs HTTP

Connecting a Server in Claude Code

Check Yourself

Using MCP in Practice

3 lessons

The Practical Workflow: Add, Authorize, Ask

Prebuilt Servers & a Dealership Example

Check Yourself

Building a Simple Server

3 lessons

What to Expose: Tools, Resources, and Prompts

Build It: Schema, Handler, Run

Check Yourself (Quiz)

MCP for Dealers: Owning Your Context

3 lessons

Expose Once, Connect Anything

Data Ownership and Anti-Lock-In

Check Yourself (Quiz)