Building Your First AI Agent with MCP: A Step-by-Step Guide

This article provides a step-by-step guide to building a simple AI agent using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The AI agent will communicate with an MCP server, use external tools, and return useful responses. The guide assumes basic Python knowledge and uses the official MCP Python SDK. To get started, create a new project folder, activate a virtual environment, and install required packages. The guide will cover the architecture of an MCP application and how requests flow through it.