Advanced MCP Features 🐡

Dive deeper into the Model Context Protocol

Now that you've got the basics of MCP down, it's time to dive deeper into the MCP features that will help you build more advanced AI connected apps.

Prerequisites

Here are some resources you can read before taking the workshop to get you up to speed on some of the tools and concepts we'll be covering:

All of these must be available in your PATH. To verify things are set up properly, you can run this:

git --version
node --version
npm --version

If you have trouble with any of these, learn more about the PATH environment variable and how to fix it here for windows or mac/linux.

Use the Epic Workshop CLI to get this setup:

npx --yes epicshop@latest add advanced-mcp-features

To make sure your environment is running correctly, please follow these additional steps:

You'll know it's working if you see a green dot and the word "Connected" in the MCP Inspector app.

If you experience errors during this setup process, please open an issue with as many details as you can offer.

Learn all about the workshop app on the Epic Web Getting Started Guide.