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MCP & connectors
Connectors let a model read your files, use your apps and take actions. Here you will learn the standards behind them and how to set them up safely.
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What Is MCP? The Model Context Protocol Explained
How the Model Context Protocol connects AI apps to tools and data: hosts, clients and servers, tools and resources, transports, the 2026 changes and security.
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How to Install an MCP Server: Claude, Claude Code and More
Step-by-step: choose a trustworthy MCP server, add it as a connector in Claude, install it in Claude Code with claude mcp add, and set it up in other apps.

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MCP Servers to Start With: What to Try and How to Choose
Official and reference MCP servers to connect AI with your files, GitHub, Notion, Stripe or Sentry, and how to tell whether a server can be trusted.

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Build Your Own MCP Server in Python, Step by Step
A tutorial to build a simple MCP server with the official Python SDK, test it with MCP Inspector and connect it to Claude Desktop and Claude Code.

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Claude Skills: What They Are and How to Create Your Own
What Claude's Agent Skills are, how they differ from a prompt or an MCP connector, and how to create your own skill for Claude Code or claude.ai.