Prerequisites

Welcome to the Model Context Protocol tutorial! We'll be covering what MCP is, how to build MCP servers in TypeScript, and how to distribute them to folks who want to use them.

You won't need any previous knowledge of MCP to get started.

To get started with this tutorial, you will need:

• The latest LTS version of Node installed.

You may also want:

• A basic knowledge of TypeScript and JavaScript is useful, but not required. My Beginners' TypeScript Course on Total TypeScript may be useful here.
• A basic knowledge of how LLM's use tools. My Vercel AI SDK tutorial may be useful here.

Some useful links:

• Anthropic's article announcing the Model Context Protocol
• Anthropic's Model Context Protocol docs
• The Model Context Protocol TypeScript SDK

Once you're ready, let's get started.