Art of Vibe Coding Pt. 2: Building MCP Servers

​Part 1: Foundations (55 mins)

1. ​Vibe Coding Recap + Document Driven Development (~30 mins)

   • ​Quick vibe coding philosophy refresh (5 mins)

   • ​Document Driven Development deep dive (25 mins):

     • ​Writing specs that AI can execute on

     • ​Prompting-friendly documentation structures

     • ​Examples: good vs bad project docs

     • ​Live demo: How good docs accelerate MCP development

2. ​MCP Theory & Architecture (~25 mins)

   • ​What is MCP? Why do we need it?

   • ​MCP vs APIs vs function calling

   • ​Protocol overview and architecture

​Part 2: Getting Started (1 hour)

1. ​Hello World MCP Server (~40 mins)

   • ​FastMCP setup and basics

   • ​Date/time server implementation

   • ​Testing and integration with Claude Code

2. ​Tour of Useful MCP Servers (~20 mins)

   • ​PostGres, GitHub, Browser, Documentation, Postman MCPs

   • ​Real-world integration examples

​Part 3: Build Custom MCPs (1.5 hours)

1. ​Planning MCP Server (~45 mins)

   • ​State management and CRUD operations

   • ​Data persistence patterns

   • ​Practical task tracking

2. ​NanoBanana/Image Generation MCP (~45 mins)

   • ​External API integration

   • ​Async operations and file handling

   • ​Visual workflow enhancement

​Part 4: Wrap-up (15 mins)

• ​Integration demo (both MCPs working together)

• ​Best practices and production considerations

• ​Next steps and resources

​Pre-Requisites:

1. ​Mandatory:

   1. ​Claude code subscription

   2. ​Cursor IDE

   3. ​Familiarity with command line and basic Python programming

   4. ​Ability to install software on your local machine

   5. ​Detailed software setup instructions will be emailed before the event. We will use conda for python environments, and PostGres or SQLLite for DB

2. ​Optional:

   1. ​Gemini API key: for nano-banana MCP server