What MCP is and why it exists. Model Context Protocol (Anthropic, open standard) is the standardized interface between AI agents and external tools/data sources. Before MCP, every agent framework...

Configure MCP servers in .mcp.json. Set up 2-3 MCP servers (e.g., GitHub, filesystem, a database) with proper environment variable expansion for credentials. Verify tools are discovered by the host....

"Walk me through how you'd integrate external tools into an AI agent using MCP." Identify the tools needed. Check the MCP community server registry — for standard integrations (GitHub, Jira, Slack,...