Overview
- USB-C mental model — one protocol, many data sources
- Host · Client · Server — who talks to whom
- Tools, Resources, Prompts — what servers expose
- Capability exchange — why MCP beats rigid REST contracts for agents
- Transport — stdio, SSE, streamable HTTP
- App MCP — interactive UI beyond markdown tables
- Runnable Python weather server + host config snippets
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- Hermes masterclass — agents that consume MCP tools
- Loop engineering — tool-call loops inside the host
- Harness engineering — environment around the agent
- OpenClaw — gateway + skills + MCP-style tool wiring
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