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MCP & Tool Protocol Standards

Understand the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and emerging standards for agent-tool interaction, from protocol architecture and transport layers to security considerations and ecosystem integration.

What you'll master

MCP architecture (host, client, server model)

Transport protocols (stdio, HTTP with SSE)

Resource, tool, and prompt primitives

Security and capability negotiation

MCP vs. function calling vs. A2A

Building MCP servers and clients

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