Model Context Protocol (MCP) - Explained

How to let Claude Desktop access your GitHub repositories? Model Context Protocol to the rescue! Explained in pragmatic & fun terms: What it is, what to use it for, how it works under the hood.

► Recommended Reading, References & Acknowledgements

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► Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:12 The problem MCP is solving
01:52 MCP Hosts, Clients & Servers
04:23 modelcontextprotocol reference servers
06:40 A Full MCP Transaction
09:26 Configuring Claude Desktop For MCP
12:05 Coming Up Next

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[nebinebi]

Thank you for actually explaining how it works from start to finish.

[hitman]

You're alive!!!! I'm happy.
I saw an JetBrains ad with you)

[melekRebai]

Great video i saw a couple a videos none of them explained the lifecycle of this thing, glad you did

[southadam]

From all the explanations, I finally understand it from your video. 🎉

[jlee-mp]

Best explanation of MCP out there - thanks!

[d.]

Great video, as always. Can't wait to see the next episode, with a Java/Kotlin host|client implementation! Thank's a lot !

[elsharpos]

Awesome video man, very nice and clear explanation of the whole "picture". Cheers

[terminate]

As always, another great video. Clear and straight to the point. Thanks!

[AleksandarT]

Great one! We want to see more AI stuff covered

[chalaooutlandish]

Brilliant explanation covering all the important introductory points.

Eagerly awaiting the next installment. I don’t particularly care whether it’s in Java or Node.js 😀I think the value you add lies in how you conceptually explain the subjects.

[KeithSkronek]

Thanks for the video. I've watched it a couple times now. Implementation in Java would be my preference. Thanks.

[shaileshbopche]

Nice explaination, waiting for video on client on node js to use mcp

[JamesTenniswood]

Please do a video on prompt template in an MCP! ❤

[sylvainfrancoisflou]

Really interesting.
For the next episode, why not implementing the client in Kotlin 😉

[KevinSheppard]

Client in Java please. And good to see you again!

[dasiths]

Is there a way to pass the user's authentication context as part of thee invoke request to the MCP server? So it can use some sort of delegated auth pattern (oauth on behalf of flow) to perform tasks on downstream services on behalf of the user?

The use case is so that you can run a MCP server that supports more than one user.

[ziptiealot]

How does claude desktop know which mcp server to get tools from based off user prompt. Does it just get all of them? If it does, Does it send all of them to the llm?

[Anbu_Sampath]

Nice one. Java client(maybe with Spring AI MCP - still in early development),

[Alvin_Vivian]

Okay, that's a simple operation.

What about something more complex, like Claude directly changing your code base?

[Chris-senc]

Isn’t it nice that they’re trying to reinvent what an LLM should be able to decipher from the standard open API specification