MCP in Practice — Complete Series

A practical, production-oriented guide to the Model Context Protocol - from the integration problem it solves to building your first working server. The Series Part 1: Why Connecting AI to Real Systems Is Still Hard The N×M integration problem, the hidden cost of custom connectors, and why AI needs a standard protocol layer. Part 2: What MCP Is and How AI Agents Connect What MCP standardizes, the three capability types (tools, resources, prompts), and how it differs from