Creating an MCP client to connect to MCP servers

Join us for a fun community adventure on our journey in deep learning and data science in general. This is a hybrid and recorded event, posted on our YouTube page the following day.

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol that standardizes how LLMs access tools, data and prompts from external sources, simplifying how new content is integrated into AI applications. MCP provides a universal standard for connecting AI systems with data sources, replacing fragmented integrations with a single protocol. The result is a simpler, more reliable way to give AI systems access to the data they need.

MCP is based on a client-server architecture. It defines the communication details between an MCP client, hosted inside the AI application, and an MCP server that exposes tools. The server can be a subprocess launched by the client and running locally or an independent process running remotely. Despite being introduced only about 7 months ago, many open-source and fee based MCP servers have begun to appear. In the readme file of this repo (https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers), you will find a collection of MCP server examples, as well as references to community built servers and additional resources.

In this presentation we will walk thru example Python code to show how to integrate these opensource MCP tools into a chatbot client.

Note: This is a hybrid event taking place both in person as well as online! Please read the instructions carefully for each option. Feel free to post a comment here on Meetup if you have any questions or issues joining us in person or online.

In Person: Excella Offices at 2300 Wilson Blvd Suite 600 · Arlington, VA
Please use the garage door entrance around the corner on N Adams St if the front door is locked. Look for signs for our meetup and take the elevator to the 6th floor 😀

Online: We will post the Zoom link in the comments, 15 mins before the event starts.

Agenda

• 6:30pm - 7pm EST Networking and Refreshments
• 7:00pm - 8:30pm EST Agents, Part 4 - Custom applications
• 8:30pm - 9:00pm Networking

The recording of this cool series 😎 is available at:
https://bit.ly/dla-generative-ai

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Best,
David, Robert and George

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