Build an MCP Server (Anthropic Model Context Protocol)
Build a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes your data or tools to Claude Desktop and ChatGPT apps.
TypeScript or Python MCP SDKStreamable HTTP transportOAuth
About this project
MCP is the emerging standard for connecting LLMs to external tools and data. This project teaches the spec: build an MCP server that exposes tools (read, write, query) to Claude Desktop or ChatGPT app developers. Pick a real integration — GitHub, your own database, a public API — and ship a polished MCP server with proper auth and error handling.
Why build this in 2026?
MCP is the standard for LLM↔tool integrations. Early adopters get hired into the AI-infrastructure niche.
What you'll ship
- Published MCP server (GitHub)
Documentation for Claude Desktop config
Demo video using the server in Claude or ChatGPT
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Skills you'll practice
pythonrest apislarge language models