Technical talks, visual explanations, and the notes behind them.
MCP · FIRST PRINCIPLES · 15-MINUTE TALK
MCP from first principles: a store’s MCP
One shopper asks for a blue carry-on backpack under $100 that arrives by Friday. Follow one store’s catalog, address/distance service and delivery provider, then place and cancel an order. Discover why MCP helps and how the store can reach customers in ChatGPT and Claude.
Three minutes to motivate the problem, three major points with three subpoints each, and three minutes to conclude. Twenty slides: fifteen main-content slides, plus the presenter introduction, Q&A and three supporting slides on tools, packaging and distribution.
Follow Atlas Docs, a hypothetical product, from one hard-coded local tool to a hosted service with private access, safe publishing, observability, durable jobs, and distribution in ChatGPT and Claude.
Each new capability solves a problem encountered by the same developer. A persistent progression ribbon connects the architecture as it grows.
Build along with 14 runnable Python tutorials, one concept per folder: tools, retrieval, HTTP, OAuth, tenant isolation, safe writes, observability, durable jobs, and review evidence.
MCP · VISUAL FIELD GUIDE · 68 SLIDES · WORKING DRAFT
Your MCP server works. Now ship it.
The broader technical guide to tool contracts, authorization, governance, observability, async execution, and ecosystem submission. This earlier version is preserved alongside the walkthrough.
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