Essential MCP Workshop: Empowering AI Agents (by Medhat Elmasry) [2h]

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Essential MCP (Model Context Protocol) Workshop:
Empowering AI Agents
by Medhat Elmasry [2h]

Language models are revolutionizing AI by enabling systems to generate and understand natural human language. Whether it's large language models (LLMs) or smaller, more specialized models (SLMs), advancements in this space are making headlines daily.

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol that enables seamless integration between Al apps & agents and your tools & data sources. A key feature of MCP is its ability to define tools that AI agents can leverage to perform tasks efficiently. Whether deployed locally or remotely, MCP servers enable seamless interaction between applications and AI-driven automation.

Join our MCP Workshop to gain a strong foundational understanding of MCP and how to use it effectively. In this hands-on session, you will:

• Build an MCP server using C#
• Integrate MCP-defined tools in Visual Studio Code
• Utilize MCP tools within a custom C# console application

What to Bring

To get the most out of the workshop, please come prepared with:
✔ Your laptop and charger
✔ Install .NET 9
✔ Install Docker Desktop and pull image melmasry/my-sqlserver-northwind:latest
✔ Install ollama and pull model llama3.2:3b
✔ Latest version of node.js, npm and npx
✔ Install Visual Studio Code with GitHub Copilot Chat extension

You will need Internet access via mobile tethering on your phone.

Ready to elevate your AI capabilities? See you at the MCP Workshop!

Schedule (Brisbane/Australia):
5:00pm Attendees can arrive in-person.
5:30pm Refreshments.
5:55pm Turtle's bodacious welcome.
6pm MCP Workshop by Medhat Elmasry (2 hours duration).