Welcome to the šŸ¤— Model Context Protocol (MCP) Course

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Welcome to the most exciting topic in AI today: Model Context Protocol (MCP)!

This free course will take you on a journey, from beginner to informed, in understanding, using, and building applications with MCP.

This first unit will help you onboard:

Let’s get started!

What to expect from this course?

In this course, you will:

And more!

At the end of this course, you’ll understand how MCP works and how to build your own AI applications that leverage external data and tools using the latest MCP standards.

Don’t forget to sign up to the course!

What does the course look like?

The course is composed of:

This course is a living project, evolving with your feedback and contributions! Feel free to open issues and PRs in GitHub, and engage in discussions in our Discord server.

What’s the syllabus?

Here is the general syllabus for the course. A more detailed list of topics will be released with each unit.

Chapter Topic Description
0 Onboarding Set you up with the tools and platforms that you will use.
1 MCP Fundamentals, Architecture and Core Concepts Explain core concepts, architecture, and components of Model Context Protocol. Show a simple use case using MCP.
2 End-to-end Use case: MCP in Action Build a simple end-to-end MCP application that you can share with the community.
3 Deployed Use case: MCP in Action Build a deployed MCP application using the Hugging Face ecosystem and partners’ services.
4 Bonus Units Bonus units to help you get more out of the course, working with partners’ libraries and services.

What are the prerequisites?

To be able to follow this course, you should have:

If you don’t have any of these, don’t worry! Here are some resources that can help you:

The above courses are not prerequisites in themselves, so if you understand the concepts of LLMs and agents, you can start the course now!

What tools do I need?

You only need 2 things:

The Certification Process

You can choose to follow this course in audit mode, or do the activities and get one of the two certificates we’ll issue. If you audit the course, you can participate in all the challenges and do assignments if you want, and you don’t need to notify us.

The certification process is completely free:

What is the recommended pace?

Each chapter in this course is designed to be completed in 1 week, with approximately 3-4 hours of work per week.

Since there’s a deadline, we provide you a recommended pace:

Recommended Pace

How to get the most out of the course?

To get the most out of the course, we have some advice:

  1. Join study groups in Discord: Studying in groups is always easier. To do that, you need to join our discord server and verify your account.
  2. Do the quizzes and assignments: The best way to learn is through hands-on practice and self-assessment.
  3. Define a schedule to stay in sync: You can use our recommended pace schedule below or create yours.

Course advice

Who are we

About the authors:

Ben Burtenshaw

Ben is a Machine Learning Engineer at Hugging Face who focuses on building LLM applications, with post training and agentic approaches. Follow Ben on the Hub to see his latest projects.

I found a bug, or I want to improve the course

Contributions are welcome šŸ¤—

I still have questions

Please ask your question in our discord server #mcp-course-questions.

Now that you have all the information, let’s get on board ⛵

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