The Ultimate MCP Crash Course - Build From Scratch

75 minutesAdvancedBuilderWeb Dev SimplifiedAI for Business

Web Dev Simplified. A full, code-along build of both an MCP server and a client in TypeScript — tool definitions, schemas, prompts and resources, stdio transport, inspector debugging. It's the closest video on YouTube to actually doing what the article asks you to do, at a pace where you can pause and follow along in your own editor.

AI Expert note

SDK APIs and inspector behavior are version-sensitive. Follow the architecture, but verify current MCP SDK signatures, transport guidance, auth expectations and error-handling patterns before using this in production.

What you should get from this

Build a first MCP server and understand how tools, schemas, prompts, resources and transports fit together.

Watch or know first

TypeScript comfort and a local environment where you can safely test tool calls.

Last reviewed: May 18, 2026

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