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Build Your First MCP Server

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Lesson 2 of 62 / 4 checkpoints

Create your first tool

Your server is running. Now give it a tool the agent can call: a get_weather function that returns live data.

Ask the agent in the terminal to add the tool, then run the checks below to verify it works.

Checkpoints

Server starts and responds

Tool registered with the server

Tool returns weather data

Agent calls your tool

Terminal — workspace

$ node server.js

MCP server listening on stdio…

$ claude "add a get_weather tool"

● Adding get_weather to server.js…

Registered tool: get_weather(city)

✓ Checkpoint passed: Tool registered

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README.md

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Pretty useful to understand the various types of prompting techniques and RAG based prompting, and to get a glimpse of the potential.

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NLP Data Scientist at Axions

Elvis is a passionate and knowledgeable teacher! This was an amazing course. I learned a lot, and it will positively impact my day-to-day job.

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Elvis had great examples to depict the importance of the concepts he was teaching! Kudos to his patience running office hours right after a 2.5 hour non-stop class.

Apoorva

Machine Learning Engineer at Apple

Yashwanth Reddy

Director, Data Science at Fidelity Investments

Many insightful techniques were shared. Exposure to an experienced prompt engineer improved my own prompting tremendously!

Josh

VP, Engineering at TTEC Digital

The hands-on exercises and projects allowed me to develop a good understanding of prompt engineering skills for real-world applications like building chatbots and text parsing using LLMs.

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Good up-to-date content. Informative instruction. Knowledgeable and experienced instructor. Well worth the time.

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Senior Data Scientist at Fivecast

Elvis was a great instructor. The course is very comprehensive and covers a lot of topics related to prompt engineering, and I really appreciate that the material is available to us indefinitely.

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Software Engineer, Generative AI at Sun Life

The course is packed with loads of useful information, insights and demos on prompt engineering and tools to be used with LLMs. Really happy I chose to participate in this cohort.

Tetiana

AI Trainer at Master of Code Global

This course not only equips you with the skills to improve your interactions with AI but also inspires creativity and a deeper appreciation for the collaborative potential between humans and AI.

Hsin-Hao

PhD Student at National Dong Hwa University

The best prompt engineering course out there.

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This course helped me understand how prompts actually affect model outputs. Before this, I was just trial and erroring. Now I approach prompt writing more like debugging with structure and logic.

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I particularly appreciated the section on building a systematic way to evaluate LLM responses, which is a key problem for us. It's one thing to get your prompts to work, it's another to determine how good they are.

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I had a fantastic experience taking Elvis' Prompt Engineering class. He is incredibly knowledgeable and has the ability to distill the latest research on prompt engineering to make it accessible to almost anyone.

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Helpful insights. I especially appreciated the resources for evaluations. Elvis was responsive to students and tailored the course based on our cohort. I was able to follow along despite no formal training with Python.

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Great course. I learned so much and Elvis' passion for the subject matter was obvious. Thank you!

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The best prompt engineering course out there.

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This course helped me understand how prompts actually affect model outputs. Before this, I was just trial and erroring. Now I approach prompt writing more like debugging with structure and logic.

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Co-Founder & CEO at Pixeldust

Dan

Director at LearnSmartAI

Lawrence Wu

Principal Data Scientist at UKG

Malin

VP M&A at Trilogy

Kelly

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Ilona

Data Scientist at Materna

The course was nothing short of exceptional! The syllabus covers basic LLM prompts up to very advanced methods. His course is a must for anyone looking to delve into the world of GenAI.

Chris

Senior Product Manager at KnowBe4

Great course. I learned so much and Elvis' passion for the subject matter was obvious. Thank you!

Sr Design Director at Pivot Health Technologies

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