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MCP Hosts, Clients, and Servers

Goal

Learn the responsibilities of each MCP component.

Why It Matters

This topic is part of the core AI-agent learning path and maps back to the roadmap.sh AI Agents workflow.

Study Notes

Start with the core idea, then connect it to a small agent-building task. Focus on what the learner must understand, what can go wrong, and how to prove the idea with a simple example.

  • Define the topic in plain language.
  • Identify the main tradeoffs or failure modes.
  • Build or inspect one small example.
  • Record what changed in quality, cost, latency, or reliability.

Practice

Build or document one small example that proves you understand this topic.

Resources

Add useful links directly in this section. Prefer official docs, canonical papers, maintained tools, and runnable examples.