About This Talk#

Small tools, big brains - how the Model Context Protocol applies Unix philosophy from 1978 to modern LLMs.

Presented at Poznań Java User Group, December 10, 2024.

Feedback#

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Slides & Demo#

• Slides PDF - (coming soon - upload after presentation)
• My Demo Repository

Official MCP Resources#

• MCP Documentation - Getting started guide
• MCP Servers Repository - Official server implementations
• MCP Inspector - Debug and test MCP servers

MCP Tools & Platforms#

• Smithery - MCP hub with 3000+ integrations
• Context7 - MCP context management
• Firecrawl - Web scraping MCP server
• Superhuman AI - AI productivity tools

Example MCP Servers#

• Calculator MCP (Python) - Simple Python implementation
• Paper Search MCP - Academic paper search
• Beyond MCP Comparison - MCP vs CLI vs Scripts vs Skills

Learning Resources#

• IndyDevDan YouTube - AI agent development tutorials
• Awesome Claude Skills - Curated Claude skills collection
• Awesome AI Agents - Comprehensive AI agents list
• Claude Code Cheat Sheet - Quick reference guide
• GitHub Spec Kit - Specification templates

Related Blog Posts#

• Building MCP Servers - Technical Deep Dive - My original blog post from 2 months ago