MCP: connecting AI agents to tools & data | Sri AI

Course overview

The Model Context Protocol is an open standard that connects any model, including your local one, to files, databases and applications.

Level: Intermediate  ·  Mode: Evenings, online

Who this course is for

Developers integrating AI with existing systems.

What you will learn

• Explain servers, clients, tools and resources
• Build an MCP server in Python
• Connect it to a local model
• Expose a database safely and read-only

Syllabus

1. Module 1: Why MCP
2. Module 2: Core concepts
3. Module 3: Building a server
4. Module 4: Building a client
5. Module 5: Database and file connectors
6. Module 6: Security and permissions

Final project

Every module ends in hands-on practice, and the course ends with a project you build and present. Your certificate names that project.

Before you start

AI app development with open models.

Open-source tools you will use

• MCP for Beginners
• HF MCP Course
• MCP Python SDK
• MCP servers

Adapts Microsoft MCP for Beginners (MIT) and the Hugging Face MCP Course (Apache-2.0).