Production patterns & what's Next

You've built MCP servers and clients from scratch. Let's do a speed round to lock in the concepts, then look at where to go from here.

Timed quiz: MCP speed round

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Flashcards: Flashcards

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Production patterns to keep in mind: - Use Streamable HTTP transport for deployed servers - Implement error handling per-server in multi-server setups - Use AsyncExitStack to manage concurrent server connections - Consider connection pooling for high-traffic servers - Log tool calls with server attribution for debugging

AI prompt: Design your own MCP architecture

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Where to go from here: - Explore the MCP server registry for pre-built servers (filesystem, GitHub, databases) - Build your own servers for internal tools and APIs - Add MCP to existing AI applications - Check out the AI Agent Design Patterns course to combine MCP with advanced agent architectures

Checkpoint: Final assessment: MCP fundamentals

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