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MCP Course
Cost
Free
Study time, our estimate
10 to 20 hours

A short, free and practical way to learn MCP, built in partnership with Anthropic. It takes you from the basics to a deployed use case. It helps with the MCP parts of the Claude, Microsoft and GitHub exams.

Take it if

You need MCP for work and want to build a real server.

Skip it if

You already run MCP servers in production.

Before you start

Check yourself against this list first. If something is missing, close that gap before you pay for an exam.

  • Software and API conceptsHugging Face lists this.
  • Python or TypeScriptEither works.

Helpful first: Agents Course Next: GH-600

All exam details
Format
Self-paced units and assignments
Cost
Free
Time
About 1 week per chapter, at 3 to 4 hours a week
Fundamentals certificate
Complete Unit 1
Completion certificate
Complete the use case units, 2 and 3
Prerequisites
Basic LLM knowledge, software and API concepts, Python or TypeScript

What the course covers

  • Onboarding
  • MCP Fundamentals, Architecture and Core Concepts
  • End-to-end Use Case: MCP in Action
  • Deployed Use Case: MCP in Action
  • Bonus Units

What to focus on

  • Understand hosts, clients and servers before writing code.
  • Learn the difference between tools, resources and prompts.
  • Deploy something. The deployed use case is where transport and auth issues show up.
How MCP fits togetherOne host, a client per connection, and one or more servers.
flowchart LR
  H["Host app"] --> C1["MCP client"]
  H --> C2["MCP client"]
  C1 --> S1["MCP server: files"]
  C2 --> S2["MCP server: database"]

Study plan

  1. Week 1: fundamentals

    Finish Unit 1 and claim the fundamentals certificate.

  2. Weeks 2 and 3: build and deploy

    Do units 2 and 3 to earn the completion certificate.

Good to know

  • The course page mentions a deadline but no date, so check the page before you plan around it.

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Exam facts checked on October 31, 2026 against MCP Course introduction. Lessons are our own explanations, so use the official docs as the final word, and confirm price and dates before booking.