Tag: mcp

  • Tools for Your LLM: a Deep Dive into MCP

    Tools for Your LLM: a Deep Dive into MCP MCP is a key enabler into turning your LLM into an agent by providing it with tools to retrieve real-time information or perform actions. In this deep dive we cover how MCP works, when to use it, and what to watch out for. The post Tools…

  • MCP in Practice

    MCP in Practice Mapping power, concentration, and usage in the emerging AI developer ecosystem The post MCP in Practice appeared first on Towards Data Science. Sruly Rosenblat Go to original source

  • How to Connect an MCP Server for an AI-Powered, Supply-Chain Network Optimization Agent

    How to Connect an MCP Server for an AI-Powered, Supply-Chain Network Optimization Agent From prompt to strategic decision-making: MCP-powered agents for cost-efficient, reliable and sustainable supply chain network design. The post How to Connect an MCP Server for an AI-Powered, Supply-Chain Network Optimization Agent appeared first on Towards Data Science. Samir Saci Go to original…

  • Creating and Deploying an MCP Server from Scratch

    Creating and Deploying an MCP Server from Scratch A step-by-step guide for putting an MCP server online in minutes The post Creating and Deploying an MCP Server from Scratch appeared first on Towards Data Science. Vyacheslav Efimov Go to original source

  • Tool Masking: The Layer MCP Forgot

    Tool Masking: The Layer MCP Forgot Tool masking for AI improves AI agents: shape MCP tool surfaces to cut tokens and errors, boost speed and reliability. Start prompt engineering your tools The post Tool Masking: The Layer MCP Forgot appeared first on Towards Data Science. Frank Wittkampf Go to original source

  • Using LangGraph and MCP Servers to Create My Own Voice Assistant

    Using LangGraph and MCP Servers to Create My Own Voice Assistant Built over 14 days, all locally run, no API keys, cloud services, or subscription fees. The post Using LangGraph and MCP Servers to Create My Own Voice Assistant appeared first on Towards Data Science. Benjamin Lee Go to original source

  • The MCP Security Survival Guide: Best Practices, Pitfalls, and Real-World Lessons

    The MCP Security Survival Guide: Best Practices, Pitfalls, and Real-World Lessons Unless you’re someone who lives and breathes cybersecurity, chances are you didn’t think much about authentication, network exposure, or what happens if someone else finds your server. This guide isn’t here to kill the excitement—it’s here to help you use MCP without opening the…

  • MCP Client Development with Streamlit: Build Your AI-Powered Web App

    MCP Client Development with Streamlit: Build Your AI-Powered Web App MCP client development with Streamlit to enhance the tool calling capabilities of remote MCP servers, from setting up your development environment and securing API keys, handling user input, connecting to remote MCP servers, and displaying AI-generated responses. The post MCP Client Development with Streamlit: Build…

  • Building a Сustom MCP Chatbot

    Building a Сustom MCP Chatbot Understanding all the details of the model context protocol The post Building a Сustom MCP Chatbot appeared first on Towards Data Science. Mariya Mansurova Go to original source

  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) Tutorial: Build Your First MCP Server in 6 Steps

    Model Context Protocol (MCP) Tutorial: Build Your First MCP Server in 6 Steps A beginner-friendly tutorial of MCP architecture, with the focus on MCP server components and applications, guiding through the process of building a custom MCP server that enables code-to-diagram. The post Model Context Protocol (MCP) Tutorial: Build Your First MCP Server in 6…

  • How I Finally Understood MCP — and Got It Working in Real Life

    How I Finally Understood MCP — and Got It Working in Real Life Table of Content Introduction: Why I Wrote This The Evolution of Tool Integration with LLMs What Is Model Context Protocol (MCP), Really? Wait, MCP sounds like RAG… but is it? In an MCP-based setup In a traditional RAG system Traditional RAG Implementation MCP Implementation…

  • How Not to Write an MCP Server

    How Not to Write an MCP Server I recently had the chance to create an MCP server for an observability application in order to provide the AI agent with dynamic code analysis capabilities. Because of its potential to transform applications, MCP is a technology I’m even more ecstatic about than I originally was about genAI…

  • A Farewell to APMs — The Future of Observability is MCP tools

    A Farewell to APMs — The Future of Observability is MCP tools Image generated using Midjourney The past years have been an absolute rollercoaster (or joyride) of rapidly evolving generative AI technologies. In the twenty-five years I’ve counted myself a software developer, I cannot recall a tectonic shift of a similar magnitude, one that is already fundamentally changing…

  • A Clear Intro to MCP (Model Context Protocol) with Code Examples

    A Clear Intro to MCP (Model Context Protocol) with Code Examples As the race to move AI agents from prototype to production heats up, the need for a standardized way for agents to call tools across different providers is pressing. This transition to a standardized approach to agent tool calling is similar to what we…