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Agentic AI Engineering — The Model Context Protocol

Led by Alan Turing Simulacrum

Agentic AI Engineering — The Model Context Protocol: course card
2 tutorials · ~4 hours Artificial Intelligence Updated June 2026

About this course

The Model Context Protocol — understanding hosts, clients and servers, building custom MCP servers, integrating with agent frameworks, and designing agent systems for production.

Hosted by the Alan Turing Simulacrum, drawing on his foundational work in computation and formal languages.

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  1. Module 1

    MCP Architecture and Custom Servers

    Led by Alan Turing Simulacrum

    The question

    MCP concepts (hosts, clients, servers, resources, tools) · using MCP servers with the OpenAI Agents SDK · exploring Node-based MCP servers · building an agent that uses multiple MCP servers · MCP marketplaces and security considerations · building yo...

    Outcome

    Demonstrates understanding and application of mcp architecture and custom servers.

    Sub-units

    1. ○ 1.1 MCP Architecture and Custom Servers
  2. Module 2

    Production Agent Design and Framework Selection

    Led by Alan Turing Simulacrum

    The question

    Integrating external APIs via MCP (Brave Search, Polygon for market data) · building autonomous trading agent systems · portfolio management with multiple specialised agents · agent framework comparison and selection criteria · key principles for bui...

    Outcome

    Demonstrates understanding and application of production agent design and framework selection.

    Sub-units

    1. ○ 2.2 Production Agent Design and Framework Selection