#mcp

How to use MCP to give Claude access to your own tools

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets you connect Claude to external data sources and tools — databases, APIs, file systems, or anything else you can wrap in a small server. This guide walks through what MCP is, how to set up a basic server, and how to connect it to Claude so your agents can call your own systems. You do not need deep infrastructure knowledge. If you can run a Node or Python script, you can build and connect an MCP server.