MCP Server Builder Series - October Session (NYC)
Join fellow developers and creators for an interactive event dedicated to Model Context Protocol (MCP) server development. Experience hands-on talks and live demos from community members sharing their latest experiments, lessons learned, and innovative approaches.
Whether you're just starting with MCP or have built multiple servers, this gathering offers practical insights and real-world examples to advance your projects and connect with others pushing the boundaries of what's possible with MCP.
What's to expect:
Amanda Martin - (DA @ Apollo) - will show an agentic driven developer flow to orchestrate your APIs and generate operations to expose as MCP tools using Apollo MCP Server and GraphOS MCP tools. This talk will focus on tips to get the most out of your tool generation when working with AI agents
Nnenna Ndukwe (DA @ Qodo AI) - This talk will demo building an MCP server that solves the universal developer problem of understanding code across multiple repos, showcasing semantic search, dependency mapping, and architectural analysis at enterprise scale beyond simple file operations.
Linda Haviv (DA @ Anyscale) -MCP defines the contract between agents and tools... but it doesn’t tell you how to run those tools in production. In this talk, we’ll dive into the infrastructure side and explore how to build, deploy, scale, and operate your own custom MCP servers reliably
Nancy Chauhan (eng @ Agno) - will show how agents can “talk back” using the Model Context Protocol. This session explores how AgentOS exposes an MCP interface, enabling agents to collaborate, call tools, and share context" a practical primer on building conversational, interoperable agents.
Erin Mikail Staples (DX Engineer) - content coming soon
Benjie De Groot (Chief Architect @ Shipyard) - will share some best practices for building a local MCP server that extends your public API. After, he’ll show you how this MCP server enables visual testing for agent-written features via ephemeral environments.
Plenty of time to connect – Light bites, drinks, and the chance to meet fellow builders in the MCP space.
Shout out to our sponsor: This event made possible by our partners at Shipyard and the folks at Fractal Tech Hub for the use of their wonderful space. Shipyard manages the lifecycle of infinite production-like ephemeral environments for developers and their agents.
Agenda
6:00 pm Doors open (Light bites & Refreshments)
6:15 pm Welcome and Introductions
6:30 pm Presentations and Demos
7:45 pm Networking
9:00 pm Doors Close
Want to demo?
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