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# MCP Crash Course 🚀
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Welcome to the MCP Crash Course! This repository is designed to teach you the fundamentals and advanced concepts of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in a hands-on way.
## What is MCP? 💡
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) helps connect AI-agentic applications powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) to external tools and data sources, enabling more capable and context-aware AI systems.
## How it Works 🤔
This repository uses a unique branch-based structure for learning:
1. **Each `project/*` branch covers a specific MCP feature or concept.**
2. **Within each branch, commits are ordered chronologically.** Follow the commits one by one to learn the topic step-by-step.
Simply check out the branch for the topic you want to learn and walk through the commits!
## Available Topics (Branches) 📚
Here are the topics currently available:
* `project/sse`: Learn how to implement Server-Sent Events (SSE) with MCP.
* `project/langchain-mcp-adapters`: Explore integrating MCP with LangChain adapters.
* `project/docker-mcp`: Understand how to containerize your MCP applications using Docker.
* `project/prompts`: Learn how to implement and work with MCP Prompts, featuring FastMCP 2.0.
*More topics might be added, so keep an eye out!*
## Prerequisites 🛠️
Before you start, make sure you have the following installed:
* 🐍 Python (version 3.10 or higher)
* 📦 `uv` (the fast Python package installer and resolver)
* ✨ Cursor IDE
* ☁️ Claude Desktop
## Getting Started ▶️
1. **Clone the repository:**
```bash
git clone https://github.com/emarco177/mcp-crash-course.git
cd mcp-crash-course
```
2. **Choose a topic and check out the branch:**
```bash
# Example for the SSE topic
git checkout project/sse
```
3. **Follow the commits:** Use `git log --oneline --reverse` to see the chronological list of commits for the branch. Then, use `git checkout <commit_hash>` or your Git client to step through the history and learn.
## Contributing 🤝
Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to add a new topic or improve an existing one:
1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature following the naming convention: `project/your-mcp-feature-name`.
3. Make your changes, ensuring each commit represents a logical step in the learning process.
4. Open a Pull Request against the `main` branch.
## License 📄
This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
Happy learning! 🎉
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