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mcp-for-beginners

Hands-on curriculum for building Model Context Protocol servers and clients

Stars: 17.4k
License: MIT
Last commit: Oct 2026
Language: Jupyter Notebook

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Overview

A Microsoft course on the Model Context Protocol, organized as numbered modules from core concepts and security to building servers, clients, auth, deployment and a PostgreSQL lab path. Code samples cover C#, Java, JavaScript, Rust, Python and TypeScript. It targets MCP specification 2026-07-28, though some examples are still pinned to 2025-11-25.

Who it is for: Developers new to MCP who want to build servers and clients in code

Strengths

Samples in six languages: C#, Java, JavaScript, Rust, Python, TypeScript
Covers stdio and HTTP streaming transports, testing, deployment, OAuth2 and Entra ID auth
Includes a 13-lab PostgreSQL-backed MCP server path as a capstone
Tracks the 2026-07-28 spec with a migration guide; 50+ translations

Weaknesses

Some examples remain pinned to spec 2025-11-25 while SDK support catches up
Several modules lean on Microsoft products such as Azure, Foundry and Entra ID
Clone is large because of 50+ translations unless sparse checkout is used
Course material only, not a reusable library or server

What it needs

no GPU
Needs Azure (some modules), PostgreSQL (module 11)

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License in plain words

MIT Permissive

Use it at work: Yes
Change it and rebrand it: Yes
Sell it or host it for others: Yes

Your part: Keep the copyright and license notice in copies you ship.

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