The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is on its way to becoming the gold standard for integrating external resources into agentic workflows. While developers can use large language model (LLM)-specific mechanisms to incorporate tools, MCP is fast becoming the REST equivalent of integration.
This series introduces Python developers to the fundamentals of MCP and its architecture. I will start with MCP’s motivation and high-level architecture, followed by a detailed, hands-on implementation of servers and clients.