Developers build custom MCP servers for AI assistants like Claude
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Several guides detail how to build and deploy a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, enabling AI assistants like Claude to interact with custom tools and data. Approaches vary from using Node.js with an SDK to setting up a PostgreSQL database for data persistence, with some methods aiming for quick, local setups and others focusing on more robust, cloud-ready deployments. The core concept involves defining tools, resources, and prompts that the AI can utilize, with different SDKs and transports like stdio or HTTP facilitating the connection.
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Guides on how to build a specific type of server (MCP server) using various tools and languages.
<p>I built my first MCP server last week and it was way simpler than I expected. Here is exactly how, no fluff.</p> <h2> Prerequisites </h2> <ul> <li>Node.js 20+</li> <li>10 minutes</li> </ul> <h2> Step 1: Scaffold </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highl…
<p><strong>This post is about creating a simple local setup to understand MCP hands-on</strong></p> <h1> The Flow </h1> <p><strong>The LLM is the brain, the agent is the worker, MCP is a standard adapter, and the queried system is the actual tool being plugged in — but the brain …
<p>I built my first MCP server last week and it was way simpler than I expected. Here is exactly how, no fluff.</p> <h2> Prerequisites </h2> <ul> <li>Node.js 20+</li> <li>10 minutes</li> </ul> <h2> Step 1: Scaffold </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highl…
<p>MCP just had its biggest release since launch.</p> <p>On July 28, the maintainers shipped the <strong>2026-07-28 spec</strong>, and it changes how MCP servers work at a pretty fundamental level. The handshake is gone. Sessions are gone. Three long-standing features are depreca…
<p>Most MCP tutorials hand you a Node project. You install an SDK, write a tool<br /> handler, wire up stdio, and end up with something that runs on your laptop as<br /> you, with your credentials, for exactly one user.</p> <p>That's fine for a demo. It's not something you can gi…
<p>I built my first MCP server last week and it was way simpler than I expected. Here is exactly how, no fluff.</p> <h2> Prerequisites </h2> <ul> <li>Node.js 20+</li> <li>10 minutes</li> </ul> <h2> Step 1: Scaffold </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highl…
<p><strong>Short answer</strong></p> <p><strong>To build an MCP server: install an official MCP SDK, declare your tools with typed inputs, optionally expose resources and prompts, run the server over stdio or HTTP, then connect an MCP client like Claude and test it.</strong> A mi…
<p>I built my first MCP server last week and it was way simpler than I expected. Here is exactly how, no fluff.</p> <h2> Prerequisites </h2> <ul> <li>Node.js 20+</li> <li>10 minutes</li> </ul> <h2> Step 1: Scaffold </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highl…
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<p>I built my first MCP server last week and it was way simpler than I expected. Here is exactly how, no fluff.</p> <h2> Prerequisites </h2> <ul> <li>Node.js 20+</li> <li>10 minutes</li> </ul> <h2> Step 1: Scaffold </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highl…
<p>Every tool in the East Africa coordination infrastructure stack started from the same scaffold. Here's exactly how to build and publish one yourself.</p> <h2> What You're Building </h2> <p>An MCP server is a Python package that exposes tools to AI assistants. When a user insta…
