mcp-for-beginners
MCP for Beginners is Microsoft's open-source curriculum for learning the Model Context Protocol through hands-on examples in C#, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust and Python. It takes developers from the fundamentals of protocols and client-server relationships to building, securing and operating real MCP servers.
It suits developers new to MCP who prefer a structured course over scattered blog posts, and teams that want shared training material. Twelve modules progress through an introduction, core concepts, security, getting started, practical implementation (SDKs, debugging, testing), advanced topics (multimodal, scaling, enterprise use), community contributions, lessons from early adoption, best practices, case studies, a hands-on workshop building a server with Microsoft's AI Toolkit for Foundry, and a 13-lab path for integrating an MCP server with PostgreSQL. The security module covers threats and authorisation patterns. Translations are maintained in more than 50 languages.
Getting started: clone the repository (use the sparse checkout described in the README to skip translations and download faster) and begin with Module 00. Each module links to its own README and samples.
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- Last commit
- 2026-10-24
- Commits, last 90 days
- 100+
- Releases, last 90 days
- 0
- Latest release
- —
- Open issues
- 11
- Recent issues with at least one comment
- 1/2
Oldest week on the left; the latest four weeks are orange. Source: GitHub commit activity.
Status rule: archived on GitHub = Archived; last commit within 90 days = Active; 91 to 365 days = Slowing; older = Stale. All figures come from the GitHub API on the date shown.
Most discussed open issues
- #1207 Python server fails with MCP SDK 2.x due to missing `mcp.server.fastmcp` module1 comments · 2026-10-23
- #984 Feature Suggestion: Optional token metering & paid API key support via `neuforge-pay`1 comments · 2026-08-11
- #1187 Proposal: optional stdio code-lookup exercise with explicit process and data boundaries0 comments · 2026-10-20
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