Building Your Own MCP Servers: A Step-by-Step Guide using MultiServerMCPClient

Author(s): Sai Bhargav Rallapalli

Originally published on Towards AI.

Unlock the Power of Model Context Protocol (MCP) for AI Applications

Have you ever wanted to integrate custom tools — like weather APIs, or third-party services — into your AI applications seamlessly? The Model Context Protocol (MCP) makes this possible by allowing developers to create modular, scalable, and easily maintainable AI tool integrations.

This article provides a comprehensive guide on how to build your own Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and integrate them with AI applications, focusing on communication flow, environment setup, and the role of various MCP components such as clients and servers. It covers detailed examples, including setting up a math server using standard input/output and a weather server using HTTP transport, while also exploring the advantages and potential of MCP for improving AI integration.

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