April 2026
Intermediate
2h 30m
English
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese
Overview
Over 2 hours of video instruction
Overview:
Just as HTTP is the universal standard to connect web clients and servers, and FTP is the universal standard to connect file client and servers, Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the standard to connect AI agent clients to AI Agent servers.
In this course, you learn how to get started with creating AI agents that leverage the MCP to allow your agents to access MCP AI agent client tools. This course helps developers and managers understand the benefits of MCP and how it quickly enables the development of sophisticated AI agents.
This course provides you with hands-on demonstrations that enable developers using the official SDKs for the MCP for Python, Java, and Node.js. It also shows you how to configure and utilize the MCP server for the PostgreSQL database.
Skill Level:
- Beginner to Intermediate
Learn How To:
- Understand the benefits and practical applications of AI Agents that leverage the MCP
- Configure MCP clients and build your own MCP servers
- Get hands-on experience with creating AI agents using the STDIO and HTTP transports and create agents with the official MCP SDKs for Python, Java, and Node.js
- Use MCP with your PostgreSQL database
Course requirement:
- Basic understanding of programming in any major programming language, such as Python, Java, Node.JS
- Novice experience using ChatGPT or LLMs
Who Should Take This Course:
- Software developers
- AI engineers
- Software architects
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