Advanced agent/build
MCP and Connecting Agents to Your Tools
Practitioner / hands-onModule 224 reps, about 13 min total
An agent gets powerful when it can reach your actual tools. I walk you through the Model Context Protocol: wiring agents into Claude Desktop, Cursor, and your own stack so they can do real work. This is the connective tissue most tutorials skip.
What you will be able to do
- What MCP is and why it matters for real agents
- Connecting an agent to tools, data, and your stack
- Building or using MCP servers safely
- Debugging when a connected agent misbehaves
- 01The plug, not the appliance
What the protocol actually solves, and why an agent that cannot reach your tools is a toy.
About 3 min
- 02Tools, resources, and designing a good one
The two things a server exposes, and what separates a tool an agent uses well from one it fumbles.
About 3 min
- 03Connecting it safely
The security model, in the plain terms it deserves, because this is where the real risk sits.
About 3 min
- 04Debugging a connected agent
How to find out what actually happened when the thing does something you did not expect.
About 4 min