Build MCP Servers: Extend Claude with Custom Tools — Complete AI Learning Workbook

This is the deep end. If you want to master prompt engineering at a professional level, this is the workbook.

The Build MCP Servers: Extend Claude with Custom Tools workbook packages the complete online learning track from OnePlaceForAI into a beautifully designed PDF you can read offline, print, or use in your own teaching.

📚 15 Complete Lessons — 5.7 hours of Structured Learning

01. What Is MCP and Why It Exists (25 min)

02. Architecture: Hosts, Clients, and Servers (25 min)

03. The Three Primitives: Tools, Resources, and Prompts (25 min)

04. Transport Types: stdio and Streamable HTTP (25 min)

05. Setting Up Your Development Environment (25 min)

06. Your First MCP Server: TypeScript (25 min)

07. Your First MCP Server: Python (25 min)

08. Connecting Your Server to Claude (20 min)

09. Defining Tools: Schemas, Validation, and Responses (22 min)

10. Exposing Resources: URIs, Templates, and Data (20 min)

11. Prompts: Reusable Instruction Templates (18 min)

12. Testing and Debugging with MCP Inspector (20 min)

13. HTTP Transport: Building Remote Servers (25 min)

14. Authentication and Security (22 min)

15. Publishing: npm, PyPI, and the MCP Registry (22 min)

🎯 What you'll walk away with

Go beyond using AI tools — build them. Learn the Model Context Protocol from the ground up: define custom tools, expose resources, handle authentication, and publish a server that connects Claude to any API or data source you choose.

✅ What's included

- 15 fully written lessons

- ~5.7 hours of structured learning

- Learning objectives for every lesson

- Key takeaways — the things you must remember

- Practical exercises and real example prompts throughout

- Advanced level — no prior experience needed to start

- Personal & educational use license

👤 Perfect for

Developers, prompt engineers, and power users who want to master the craft of prompt engineering.

⚖️ License

Your purchase includes a personal and educational use license. Print it, read it offline, teach from it, or share it with your students. You may not resell or redistribute the PDF itself.

🌐 A note on free access

All lessons in this workbook are available free to read online at oneplaceforai.com/learn — no account required. Your purchase gives you a beautifully formatted offline copy that's yours to keep, and supports keeping the site free for everyone.