THE MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) AND TOOL STANDARDS

PRACTICE LAB CONNECTION In Chapter 67 you connect the Resume Review Agent to a simple local MCP server, probably over stdio, perhaps one that exposes a folder of job postings. Use the prompts below to test that integration for portability and to decide which systems need servers. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANT PROMPTS [START OF PROMPT] Review this MCP client/server integration configuration for correctness and for unnecessary coupling to one vendor's implementation details: [PASTE LAB MCP CLIENT CONFIG / SERVER CONNECTION CODE HERE]. Flag anything that would break if we swapped the underlying model provider or swapped this MCP server for a different compliant one. Output format: a findings list (Issue, Why It Breaks Portability, Fix). [END OF PROMPT] [START OF PROMPT] We need to connect our agent to these external systems: [LIST SYSTEMS, e.g. calendar, customer database, document store]. For each, recommend whether to use an existing MCP server, build a new one, and which transport (local stdio versus networked) fits, given these constraints: [CONSTRAINTS: latency, security, hosting]. Output format: a table (System, Build or Reuse, Transport, Justification). [END OF PROMPT]