mcp_serverclient

MCP server and client

An example of an MCP server and client, from the DeepLearning.AI course on MCP.
https://learn.deeplearning.ai/courses/mcp-build-rich-context-ai-apps-with-anthropic

setup

Install a virtual environment:
We use uv to manage the virtual environment and dependencies.

Install uv:
https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/

Using curl:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

or using homebrew:

brew install uv

Or even pip in the base env:

pip install uv

Initiate the virtual environment:

uv init
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate

Install the dependencies:

uv sync

Running the server and client

Launch the inspector for the research server:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run research_server.py

Run the client locally:

uv run mcp_chatbot.py

In the left bar, have the following values:

• Transport type: STDIO
• Command: uv
• Arguments: run research_server.py
• Inspector Proxy Address: http://localhost:6277/
  (maybe?)

documentation

MCP architecture:
https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/concepts/architecture

MCP servers:
https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers

MCP python SDK:
https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk