Introduction to Model Context Protocol

Anthropic's free official course teaches you to build servers and clients in Python, defining tools, resources, and prompts, testing them in the inspector, and connecting Claude to outside data sources. If you have some technical comfort you finish able to build a working custom integration that pulls live data from your own systems.

Task

Custom workflows

Time

4 hr

Level

advanced

Cost

Free — Nothing to pay. A free account at most.

Tools

Claude

Published

2025

Voice

Anthropic — First-party Claude model and policy announcements, including education-specific products and safety commitments.